#and Melora sees him offer this instead of taking the first blow trying to reach the man inside before turning to violence

[astrangertomykin]

Melora just calling out to Orym in the wind with a hint of a memory was just beautiful. Just how she watches over her lost boys when they need some reassurance and guidance is just something so personal. It's never their lowest moment but a feeling when something is building (the inadequacy of it all) where she just reaches out with a gentle "I'm here with you" and aids whatever way she can. Like sends a party through your cemetery or wraps you in seaweed or covers your sword in vines so you can continue to help your friends. The way she reaches out to those whose love for their families fuel them to give them a helping hand and here, with Will's scent, a reminder that family is always a part of your strength even when they are not around. Yes, there has been loss and struggle, and everything is so overwhelming right now, but you're on the right path and doing the best you can, and that is enough; you just need someone to help lighten the load.

[annemarieyeretzian]

#fuck man listen i know I'm reading too much into this #but orym had been so defeated recently with dying and failing to get otohan and losing laudna and eshteross #its been failure after failure and it just keeps coming with that poison lingering fresh in his mind #he failed to project his family again and look what happened #and lord melora who takes these boys who are driven by their protection and love #she sees him offer this tiny wooden carving he's been making in the dead of night on watches #when no one else can see just so he can gift chetney something meaningful #and melora sees him offer this instead of taking the first blow trying to reach the man inside before turning to violence #pleading and reaching out even as he takes the punches #that is a man with so much love in his heart

Melora just calling out to Orym in the wind with a hint of a memory was just beautiful. Just how she watches over her lost boys when they need some reassurance and guidance is just something so personal. It's never their lowest moment but a feeling when something is building (the inadequacy of it all) where she just reaches out with a gentle "I'm here with you" and aids whatever way she can. Like sends a party through your cemetery or wraps you in seaweed or covers your sword in vines so you can continue to help your friends. The way she reaches out to those whose love for their families fuel them to give them a helping hand and here, with Will's scent, a reminder that family is always a part of your strength even when they are not around. Yes, there has been loss and struggle, and everything is so overwhelming right now, but you're on the right path and doing the best you can, and that is enough; you just need someone to help lighten the load.