#and max doesn't get to have his catharsis. he stumbles out of the circle back to a family that has mostly imploded in his absence -
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maxwell trevelyan all you do is suffer...
#anna's fic notes#you have to understand my thing with max is like. it's all About the performance.#and i think the circle is this truly profoundly horrific thing for him. they give you these kids and you train them and then they kill them#if i think about it for too long i lose my mind#and max doesn't get to have his catharsis. he stumbles out of the circle back to a family that has mostly imploded in his absence -#a group of other traumatized adults who all NEED him to keep being innocent and untouched by evil like they remember - and#when he goes to the conclave he winds up caught in the same leash that the chantry has always been and he'll NEVER be free of it...#max 'helen of troy' trevelyan#max is also the inquisitor who does not believe the harrowing works. i've been playing with that idea for a while but i think he truly#just thinks it's an excuse to kill mages flat out. he thinks it's murder.#the rogue!evelyn doesn't really think about it at all - i don't think she quite understands what it is - and the mage!evelyn#does not allow herself to form opinions about things that make her feel powerless. but maxwell is smiling and polite and soft-spoken#and with every breath he hates the world#seven is SO many apprentices. what can i say he is a good teacher
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