#also yeah i refuse to let my aesthetic be ruined so that IS a screenshot anyway

[edenkept]

                          eden    had    found    him    sun    kissed    ,    model    surrounded    while    he    proudly    introduced    her    to    some    of    the    world’s    most    coveted    faces    as    his    daughter    .    she    can    still    hear    his    praise    ,    how    she’s    a    stellar    student    with    pristine    grades    at    one    of    the    most    exclusive    universities    in    the    world    –    how    proud    he    is    of    her    for    chasing    her    dreams    .    after    shaking    hands    with    some    influential    men    &    women    ,    eden    had    taken    him    aside    to    catch    up    –    to    ask    how    he’s    doing    ,    how    mom’s    doing    with    her    company    in    seoul    ,    how    business    is    doing    .    but    ,    as    always    ,    he    had    known    something    was    up    –    despite    there    being    no    blood    shared    between    them    ,    he    had    always    known    her    more    than    she    knew    herself    .    one    look    &    he    could    diagnose    her    with    anything    ;    the    flu    ,    a    hangover    ,    when    she    needed    a    hug    ,    when    she    needed    a    talk    .    with    margaritas    on    the    beach    ,    they’d    let    clear    turquoise    water    lap    at    their    shins    while    she    poured    her    heart    out    to    the    only    person    she    knew    would    listen    without    judgement    .    dancing    with    her    words    ,    she    paints    a    picture    for    him    &    awaits    his    advice    .    he’s    a    way    with    words    she    can’t    describe    –    if    he    were    alive    during    the    time    of    the    greats    ,    she    knows    he’d    be    a    philosopher    among    the    legends    –    an    advisor    to    the    most    powerful    of    kings    .    she    knows    it    in    her    bones    ,    because    as    she’s    on    a    flight    back    to    strathmore    ,    his    words    still    resonate    in    her    ears    .    

                                                 what    she    wants    ,    she    has    to    reach    for    ;    it’s    best    if    she    embraces    who    she    is    when    doing    so    .    is    it    really    hers    if    she    grabs    it    under    a    different    identity    ?

                                                 now    ,    her    adoptive    dad    is    kind    but    she’d    be    a    fool    to    mistake    his    kindness    for    weakness    .    he    is    merciful    because    he    can    be    ,    he    is    kind    because    he    allows    it    ;    she    will    never    underestimate    the    darkness    that    she    knows    is    within    him    .    eden’s    never    been    on    the    receiving    end    of    his    wrath    ,    but    she’s    heard    stories    of    the    punishments    doled    out    by    the    kindest    person    she    knows    .    &    so    she    knows    he    knows    that    she’s    got    ill    intent    –    his    knowledge    sits    in    his    warning    engraved    into    her    palm    as    he    said    goodbye    ;    that    whoever    she    decides    to    become    ,    she    better    be    proud    of    it    .    she’d    better    be    able    to    see    herself    five    years    in    the    future    &    hold    her    head    high    ,    proudly    let    her    name    fall    from    her    names    despite    the    consequences    .    he    knows    ,    she    knows    ,    that    she’s    full    intentions    to    return    to    campus    &    the    society    with    a    newfound    thirst    for    power    .    it    isn’t    something    she’s    ever    sought    after    in    her    life    –    she’s    only    ever    looked    after    a    trail    left    ablaze    by    a    cruel    god    that    taunted    her    .    eden    only    ever    wanted    balance    ,    the    riddance    of    authority    ,    for    the    underdog    to    always    come    out    on    top    .    but    that    was    never    her    place    ,    was    it    ?

                                                 was    it    ever    her    place    to    demand    a    righteous    sword    even    though    she    always    knew    she    was    made    of    sin    ?    an    epiphany    had    while    lain    on    the    cold    ground    with    someone    who    knew    the    same    pain    as    her    .    what    a    waste    of    time    ,    fighting    for    the    light    when    she    would    always    be    on    the    losing    side    ;    she    was    villain    ,    carved    by    tainted    hands    &    blessed    specifically    like    the    devil    .    no    wonder    why    her    birth    mother    wanted    her    dead    –    she    wanted    a    child    &    gave    birth    to    a    monstrosity    instead    ,    looked    upon    completely    blackened    eyes    &    a    soul    so    bright    it    could    only    have    been    stolen    instead    of    earned    .    eden    was    always    a    weapon    of    the    unholy    ,    it    had    been    wasteful    of    her    to    ever    try    to    claim    the    title    of    hero    .    if    she    were    created    a    villain    ,    she’d    embrace    it    .    as    she    told    dante    ,    if    she’s    villain    ,    she’ll    be    a    good    one    .    &    so    in    her    reflection    ,    she    holds    her    own    gaze    knowing    there’s    never    been    beast    quite    like    her    .    taker    of    damsels    ,    ruiner    of    heroes    ;    she    is    ruination    ,    she    thirsts    for    destruction    as    she    always    has    but    instead    of    leaving    it    in    a    trail    behind    her    –    why    not    create    it    where    she    stands    ?    send    it    into    the    future    as    a    premonition    ?    baek    ye    seul’s    always    been    an    omen    ,    the    people    don’t    cheer    for    her    –    they    fear    her    ;    send    her    sacrifices    because    they    don’t    want    to    be    destroyed    in    her    wake

                                                    it’s    better    to    be    feared    than    loved    ,    she    can    remember    god    telling    her    .    eve    of    the    garden    ,    handing    her    an    apple    &    a    pocket    knife    –    encouraging    her    to    make    the    first    strike    if    she’s    brave    enough    .    ❝    im    yeseul    .    ❞    she    had    laughed    ,    plucking    the    knife    out    of    a    child’s    hands    .    eden    had    never    liked    the    name    –    remnants    of    a    father    she    never    loved    ,    who    never    loved    her    back    .    ❝    see    ?    it’s    better    to    be    feared    than    loved    .    remember    that    .    ❞    spoken    as    if    she    had    any    intention    of    ever    keeping    her    ,    as    if    eve    would    ever    hold    her    child    &    teach    her    anything    .    anything    eden    learned    from    her    birth    parents    was    taught    by    the    serpent    ,    the    cruelest    man    who    would    hold    her    head    underwater    in    punishment    –    who    wrapped    her    small    fingers    around    weapons    &    taught    her    where    to    strike    .    eden    readjusts    her    features    in    the    mirror    ,    heavy    realization    on    her    shoulders    while    she    straightens    her    spine    .    no    ,    she    was    never    meant    to    be    the    hero    she    always    thought    she’d    be    ;    she    was    forged    in    fire    &    blood    ,    her    bones    were    carved    by    the    devil’s    claws    ,    her    skin    was    dipped    into    every    river    of    the    underworld    before    being    wrapped    around    her    .    eden    had    emerged    into    the    world    in    bloody    &    even    as    a    babe    ,    her    battle    cry    had    been    reverberating    .    when    had    she    gotten    it    into    her    head    to    fight    for    the    light    ?    crawled    up    from    hell    covered    in    onyx    &    she    thought    she’d    pick    up    excalibur    to    slay    dragons    –    she    should’ve    learned    the    moment    she    was    cast    from    a    heaven    that    she    burned    down    with    her    own    hands    .    she’d    always    be    im    yeseul    ,    daughter    of    a    corrupted    god    &    the    serpent    –    children    of    devils    would    never    be    held    in    the    same    praise    as    children    of    the    holy    .

                                                     so    ,    no    ,    eden    doesn’t    have    a    choice    .    there’s    a    ruby    ring    on    her    finger    now    ,    silent    symbol    of    her    joining    something    much    more    sinister    than    a    secret    society    .    it’s    golden    against    her    skin    ,    a    harbinger    of    power    as    it    wraps    around    her    right    ring    finger    –    a    promise    of    power    ,    once    she    chooses    to    fully    embrace    it    .    she’s    never    been    the    god    she    thought    she    was    –    always    ,    she’s    been    the    beast    that    hides    underneath    beds    &    inside    deep    closets    .    why    has    the    night    always    been    kinder    to    her    ?    why    has    she    always    found    solace    in    the    cover    of    darkness    ?    what    else    hides    in    the    shadows    besides    beast    ?    once    more    ,    she    bares    her    teeth    –    smile    on    her    lips    like    she’s    in    front    of    a    crowd    .    how    dangerous    ,    a    girl    like    her    should    she    ever    choose    to    turn    into    the    shadows    .    im    yeseul    ,    it’s    who    she    is    ;    surname    of    her    father    ,    name    chosen    by    her    mother    –    she    reclaims    it    just    as    she    claims    her    future    .    power    has    called    after    her    –    beckoned    it    her    like    moth    to    flame    .    one    hand    in    the    society    ,    her    future    in    MI6    ,    her    feet    dipped    into    a    kingdom    inherited    ;    potency    has    never    looked    darker    .     she    isn’t    to    live    long    anyway    ,    the    most    wicked    never    do    .    if    she    is    to    be    beast    ,    she’ll    embrace    the    fangs    &    claws    gladly    .    gratefully    ,    she    thanks    the    worst    people    in    her    life    for    making    her    who    she    is    –    thank    you    for    the    name    ,    thank    you    for    the    bloodlust    ,    you    are    gods    unaware    you    have    crafted    your    own    downfall    .

[crow-in-a-teapot]

tower of nero spoilers

i have just finished the tower of nero. and before i go searching for other people’s thoughts and art and more of the characters i love so much, i want to write down some of my own thoughts because i know as soon as i delve into that ‘ton spoilers’ hashtag there are going to be complaints and criticisms and so much that i don’t want to hear, or essays that’ll make me upset, or things that’ll change my perception on the book (because on this website people really love to hate the trials of apollo).

i want to start with: i loved it. it didn’t feel earth-shattering or huge and momentous like some of my favourite riordanverse books (house of hades, the blood of olympus, the last olympian and maybe some of the magnus chase books take those pedestals for me) but it was satisfying. and i think it was satisfying because it in no way felt like an ending. whether because eventually rick will write that will-and-nico-go-through-tartarus-and-save-bob novella, or because we (or at least i) will continue writing and imagining and creating for this world i don’t know. he didn’t wrap up the story in a perfect little bow like ‘nineteen years later’, he simply put it on pause. gave us a glimpse of where every character was at at the end.

the only thing that makes me so angry and upset is that i did manage to get some spoilers for moments that i know would have been so good to experience for the first time if i hadn’t been spoiled for them. the moment where rachel mentions penguins in a mansion near her house, nico getting mental health advice from mr d, the fact that will and nico were going to be in the book for so much of the story, but the big thing was literally spoiled for me two days ago, it was the reason i sat down to read it as fast as possible because i was terrified of getting more spoiled and not being able to experience the moments for myself, was that piper had a girlfriend. i know that reading that for the first time would have been so cool and surprising, and the fact that when it came up for a moment in the last couple pages all i felt was disappointment because it was spoiled for me and because it was now tinged with whatever that person was saying about her having a girlfriend.

but i still had some warm fuzzy moments, the two parts where apollo thinks he’s going to die but nico comes up behind him - so good. impeccable. 

Leader Guy spat. ‘Now, I kill you.’

He raised his sword... and froze. His face turned pale. His skin began to shrivel. His beard fell out whisker by whisker like dead pine needles. Finally, his skin crumbled away, along with his clothes and flesh, until Leader Guy was nothing but a bleached-white skeleton, holding a sword in his bony hands. 

Standing behind him, his hand on the skeleton’s shoulder, was Nico di Angelo.

and

Nero raised his hand, ready to give the kill command, when behind me a mighty BOOM! shook the chamber. Half our enemies were thrown off their feet. Cracks sprouted in the windowsand the marble columns. Ceiling tiles broke, raining dust like split bags of flour. 

I turned to see the impenetrable blast doors lying twisted and broken, a strangely emaciated red bull standing in the breach. Behind it stood Nico di Angelo.

gods. poetic brilliance. i can’t believe i’m still a nico di angelo stannie in the year 2021. in five years i have not changed (ever since the tv show announcement last summer i have managed to morph into myself from 2017)

from here i’m not sure where to go next i kind of want to go through everything, except it’ll be more difficult than my tyrant’s tomb reaction because i wasn’t reading on a kindle and thus can’t just do funny little reactions to screenshots of quotes, so i’ll just skim through the book page by page and see what i can comment on (i’m not planning on doing analysis today, no thank you, just enjoying the end of my childhood and trying to squeeze as much out of it as possible)

i have an emotional attachment to mr. snake from the very first chapter, and am very upset that he’ll never get off on his baltimore stop and get to see his wife, lu had no reason to shoot and kill him like that.

that brings me to lu, i liked her, it was interesting to see how rick kind of brought in not only the overarching theme of abuse, but also people who let the abuse happen, i have more i could say on this i’m too lazy to right now, and i promised no analysis - or the fact that Lu had conspired to make the show non-lethal to spare Meg’s feelings rather than - oh, I don’t know - refusing to do Nero’s dirty work in the first place and getting Meg out of that house of horrors. 

And are you any better? taunted a small voice in my brain. How many times have you stood up to Zeus?

Okay, small voice. Fair point. Tyrants are not easy to opppose or walk away from, especially when you depend on them for everything.

the parallels to meg and lester heading to percy’s apartment, and then to camp half blood to the hidden oracle was so cool to read, every callback to the hidden oracle just there to remind us readers exactly how far apollo has come and how he’s changed; the entire chapter with sally, paul and estelle just felt sickly sweet, it just didn’t seem real how wholesome and good that family is, like i get why apollo broke down and just sobbed in that shower.

also rick really saying acab again in toa, i thought he was done after that elf cop chapter in magnus chase (the magnus chase series is a masterpiece) but apparently not, with A ‘good cop’ is still a cop... still a part of the mind game.

the grey sisters, i forgot about them completely but this threw me back into was it the sea of monsters when annabeth summoned them? i’m not sure, it could have been the lightning thief either, they really remind me of the disney hercules movie. the whole ganymede paragraph was gold, i love gods being canonically confirmed lgbt in the riordanverse. i also love the whole eye-tossing part - 

‘He will crush our eye,’ Anger cried, ‘if we don’t recite our verses!’

‘I will not!’

‘We will all die!’ Wasp said. ‘He is crazy!’

‘I AM NOT!’

‘Fine, you win!’ Tempest howled.

also, the explanation for why dionysus chooses to look the way he does was perfect, because it was something i often wondered about and wasn’t expecting to get an explanation for, and i imagine the whole mythological dionysus to look like.. well like a more feminine apollo i guess, beautiful in a gender non-comforming way.

Other Olympians could never comprehend why Dionysus chose this form when he could look like anything he wanted. In ancient times, he’d been famous for his youthful beauty that defied gender.

... 

In retaliation, Dionysus had decided to look and act as ungodly as possible. He was like a child refusing to tuck in his shirt, comb his hair or brush his teeth, just to show his parents how little he cared.

every scene with nico at camp just BREAKS ME, i would throw in screenshots of every damn quote but unfortunately, as said above, cannot and would rather not type every one; we’ll start with, obviously apollo confirming to him that jason is dead. 

He didn’t look angry exactly. He looked as if he’d been hit in the gut not just once but so many times over the course of so many years that he was beginning to lose perspective on what it meant to be in pain. He swayed on his feet. He blinked. Then he flinched, jerking his hands away from Meg’s as if he’d just remembered his own touch was poison.

ugh then will talking about how nico’s doing, confirming that he’s suffering with ptsd, mr d giving him advice, helping him sort though what voices in his head are real and which ones aren’t, then the paragraph that just recounts every horrific thing poor nico has been through, how will has to reassure him that he’s okay and ‘with friends’ when he wakes up after shadow travel

will’s kindness to apollo, buying him clothes, and apollo finding seymour the leopard’s head in his bed, put there by mr d aaaa AAAA A A A A A THE ORDINARY, EVERYDAY CAMP HALF BLOOD THINGS..

i could go on for years and years about how much i appreciate rachel having a big role in this book, and the visit to her apartment, everything, her art, the fact that she got what she wanted, she’s going to PARIS to study ART, she isn’t forced to be someone she’s not by her dad, and gets to be a big part of a demigod mission and not stand on the sidelines for once.

i love that her landscapes are still visions, that she still paints the quests demigods go on - the burning maze, jason’s funeral pyre, caligula’s ships; and how nico ~appreciates art~

‘And, hey, di Angelo -’ she pushed him playfully away from the canvas he’d been ogling - ‘don’t brush against the art! I don’t care about the paintings, but if you get any colour on you, you’ll ruin that whole black-and-white aesthetic you’ve got going.’

i. love. rachel.

WILL GLOWS!! THE HEADCANONS FROM LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO THAT YOU’D SEE FLOATING AROUND ABOUT HIM MANIPULATING LIGHT!! CONFIRMED!! CANON!! AMAZING

I AM  OBSESSED WITH THE TROGS, I LOVE THEM, THEY ARE GREAT, not gonna lie, i was expecting something more dramatic and spooky with how worried will was and how dionysus was going.. visiting the cavern-runners isn’t ♫ good for your mental health  ♫ but the little hat frog gremlins were a good addition. i like them very much and their funky little soup shenanigans. quoting the ghost king himself: trogs good. nice hats. (IM SORRY I KEEP MENTIONING HIM BUT I JUST) also how apollo starts wishing for breadsticks a s ajoke and theY STRAIGHT UP HAVE BREADSTICKS? HUH? WHERE DID THEY GET THE BREADSTICKS FROM??

yeah, i’m also still very much upset by every mention of jason grace, it’s funny how ever since his death in the burning maze i have grown to love him more and more and that’s not fun for me, for that boy to become one of my main comfort character’s and have his death and sacrifice and nobility mentioned every few chapters. i’m pretty sure i cried when he appeared to talk in apollo’s dreams, and this time the tears weren’t from the effort of keeping my eyes open and working for hours straight reading this book (i remember staying up until 2am to finish the sequel to beautiful, broken things, it was very much worth it)

‘All right, Jason. We miss you, though.’

ALSO. THE FACT THAT THIS KID. THIS CHILD. HAD TO THINK ‘BUT IF A HERO ISN’T READY TO LOSE EVERYTHING FOR A GREATER CAUSE, IS THAT PERSON REALLY A HERO?’ A KID ISN’T SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND BE READY TO SACRIFICE THEMSELVES FOR THE GREATER GOOD,, i,, ugh,, he’s supposed to be finishing school and designing temples not being the perfect hero and soldier,, spain without the s,,

as @couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name said: ‘thinking about how ghost! Jason didn’t seem to understand why Apollo was so upset about his death because he’s been raised to believe a hero’s sacrifice is noble and his life doesn’t matter in the grand scheme and also if he doesn’t understand why the person who watched him get horrifically killed is so torn up over his death he probably doesn’t even realize his other friends are grieving him..’

IM SO UPSET THE ARROW OF DODONA IS DEAD D: IT WAS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE CHARACTERS ALL THE FUNNIEST MOMENTS WERE BECAUSE OF THAT ARROW AND IT'S DEATH WAS SO SAD WTH LIKE WE FIND OUT HOW USELESS THE ARROW FELT AND HOW THE GROVE OF DODONA ALL THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CRAP AND WOULD FAIL APOLLO AND THEN ONCE WE FEEL BAD FOR IT, IT DIES??

the entire python battle was pretty grim, there is a part of me that's like because this is the last book series i would have loved say the magnus chase and kane chronicles gang in a giant battle with everyone like the battle of manhattan but even more dramatic, but even so, i did appreciate that python battle and the whole almost-falling-into-the-depths-of-tartarus thing.

him talking to artemis was cool, but JESUS: 'I turned and strode out of my room, trying to recall how the god Apollo walked.' like that HURTS. it was such a huge culture shock for apollo to go throught this huge character arc and be so human and understand the pain of others, to be around gods again who are so.. apathetic. also, zeus. 'Interesting how he put that: I had done him proud. I had been useful in making him look good. My heart did not melt. I did not feel that this was a warm-and-fuzzy reconciliation with my father. Let's be honest: some fathers don't deserve that. Some aren't capable of it.'

OKAY OKAY SO THE END?? CHIRON TALKING TO A CAT (BAST) AND A SEVERED HEAD (MIMIR) ABOUT SHARED PROBLEMS WITHIN THE PANTHEONS!! WILL AND NICO RECEIVING A PROPHECY FROM RACHEL TO GO TO TARTARUS AND SAVE BOB!! THE HUNTERS OF ARTEMIS, INCLUDING THALIA AND REYNA BEING BEST FRIENDS (qpr.. qpr..) HUNTING THE TEUMESSIAN FOX!! PERCY, ANNABETH AND GROVER, THE ORIGINAL TRIO, GOING ON A CHAOTIC ROAD TRIP TOGETHER!! - SO MANY STAND-ALONE SET -UPS PFSJSJSJ

okay quick word on the reunions at the end: funny little elephant visitation program with livia and hannibal. love that for them. calypso and leo's relationship seems rocky and complicated, but that's to be expected, i think even if they do get properly back together again it might not last long, because it does pretty much feel like a teenage relationship where the two aren't very compatible, but we'll see. hazel and frank are so funny with their gold plated necklaces. lavinia - tap-dance icon. almost cried at the mention of jason's temple-extension plan again. percy not being sure about what he wants to do in college is accurate and i like that that's left to be up-for-interpretation (rick does THE MOST for the fanfic writers pfsjsj). i am OBSESSED with aeithales, like i hate deserts so the burning maze setting is not my favourite but GOD that HOUSE, the vibes are off-the-charts. i'd love a house made of living trees that's also a greenhouse filled with dryads. meg gets a unicorn. that is so great.

i kind of wish the book hadn't ended with 'Call on me. I will be there for you.' because every time I imagine the friends theme song and i don't think that's the vibe he was going for, BUT i do love him talking to meg, that was genuinely emotional - 'You'll come back?' she asked. 'Always,' I promised. 'The sun always comes back.' ; i really wish it had ended with that, but i guess apollo does tend to break fourth walls and talk to the readers, like a lot of the protagonists of riordanverse books.

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srsly tho holy fuck, Underworld Prince is the best I’m so glad there’s some more arts of him! even tho I still stand by my statement that he was perfectly adorable as a cute lil route mole monster and its sad that his human form didn’t even keep the shortness let alone the chubbyness. 

... WAIT SHIT I NEVER EVEN POSTED MY SCREENSHOTS OF THAT i replayed the game like 12 times trying to get this damn ending yo, he was way harder than the human prince >_< like he only needs two high stats but theyre the HARDEST ones, and also you need to encounter him in an area that saps those same exact stats whenever you work there... GOD it was worth it tho, he’s a fuckin sweetie boop of the maximum level!

 Like his whole route is practically Microaggresions With mr Mole, lol it really is textbook frog prince, it has the protag not wanting to be with him and him coming back repeatedly to rry and win a bunch of challenges and stuff before she’ll marry him. The very original version of the frog prince was totally creepy like that, the frog says she ‘owes’ him marriage because he did her a favour once, and she’s like.. twelve. And then he follows her around and wears her down and like she’s presented as asshole too because she MURDERS HIM, and apparantly that just broke him out of his animal skin and they can be together now cos surely the only problem was that he was Ugly and not that he was Being A Rapist and she Committed Murder. *shrug* Anyway I just feel really sorry for the Mole Prince here because he isn’t a creeper and he doesn’t even seem to not take a hint or anything? The protag just seems like an asshole for disliking him for no reason and its weird that he’d even want to come back. And also equally weird that she’d be fine with dating someone she refused fifty times as soon as he becomes hot. AND ALSO INCREDIBLY WEIRD that the player gets no damn choice in this and I cant choose to be nice to mole prince and say yes and AAARGH!! its like the dragon youth in PM2, I loved his design best and thought they had really cute chemistry together but then if you hook them up its an arranged marriage the protag doesn’t consent to, and it ruins the whole thing. And its completely pointless cos she ends up growing to love him in the end anyway apparantly, like why even introduce that sad undertone that she never wanted this, ESPECIALLY WHEN ITS NOT THE WORDS OF THE PLAYER >_>

anyway it IS admittedly kinda cute and charming here tho, cos we get a bunch of ‘aaa but don’t moles eat bugs and mice’ ‘nah we have a whole chain of foreign restaurants’ ‘aaa but i can’t get a tan in the underwolrd’ ‘no we invented electric lights’ ‘what the fuck are those’

past-bunni: *hands crumbling from grinding stats for hours* plz, plz...

past-bunni: OH GOD FINALLY IS IT FINALLY HAPPENING

past-bunni: HWHAT THE FUCK

seriously, I was that dumb, I actually didn’t see it coming! I mean i just assumed he had a goofy design cos his route was goofy, and he’d finish it off with a still goofy ending didnt even put together the frog prince parallels until the end...

also its funny/frustrating that uzu just retcons in this backstory offscreen at the last second with a terribly aligned text box

just picture me screaming in the backgrouns here

srsly I mean they didn’t have to leave him as a mole, i don’t think this was aimed at the furry crowd or anything but like.. at least let him keep some sort of resembelance. and wouldnt it make more of a point to have him be at least unconventionally attractive when his whole plot was all ‘don’t judge on looks’? also its weird that the only big traits we know about him and would assume would be in his true form are “short” and “chubby” yet he’s the tallest member of the cast now..

tho admittedly he’s still THE BEST DAMN BATCHELOR DESIGN IN THE SERIES and i LOVE the aesthetic of green eyes with brown everything else. like somehow it seems fittingly ‘guy from the underground who has glowy eyes’ even though they aren’t? they just stand out a lot and they have that unique shading style. Also the glasses on the forehead look very cool, even tho I think its a lame anime trope to only have characters have glasses who don’t actually need them for some reason. (Srsly like i got to the very end of persona 5 before realizing it was supposed to be ‘wears fake glasses because symbolizes shyness or something’. i was just like ‘what the fuck why did he suddenly stop wanting to See Things’) So yeah whatever, my headcanon version of him is just gonna be the same exact design except he’s a lil round guy with possibly a bowl cut. Also maybe he does still need glasses but its like a fantasy version of nearsightedness where he only had bad eyes by human world standards and can see great in the dark. And then maybe protagonist could have cute glasses when she becomes the princess- WAIT SHE TOTALLY DOES

holy shit thats not a tiara thats some crazy lady gaga glasses

oh god this ending became even more the best thing ever tho this line is kinda hilarious out of context