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nerice · 1 month ago

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roa is not abt qs. like it is, it's their prequel from a meta perspective, but it is so vitally important to me that none of their interactions in roa have the romantic slant. jumie can aim to slit reina's throat with full intent and lose to the impenetrable godskin and there is nothing sexy abt it other than the meta angle of #girlrage hot. reina doesn't take challenges to her authority well and there are no... somber aftermath moments no contemplative silence where she softens on jumie's position because jumie as she is only presents a weak link in the war ranks an unstable element reina does not have the patience to deal with bc she has removed herself so far from mortal trouble and turmoil. it will get there, a more casual antagonism and self reflection on reina's part but not until romance novel territory proper, roa is a wholly different beast and it is not abt them!!!! it's jumie's grief journey and reina is simply a very convenient outlet due to visibility, being untouchable, being responsible (the gr*y thrulines also. we do not !! talk abt it god.) jumie whets her anger against reina and it cannot go well but it's so much better than confronting the specter of trauma purposefully inked in a place she will never have to look at. easier than being around yuzha and his daughter (digging nails into her neck) than confronting the reality of war, the useless death of her family, reina who does not even acknowledge her suffering, who finds her mortal hangups trite and wld rather she keep it out of business (bc she cannot acknowledge the fires of nerice's end either. this is the axis on which their dynamic changes over time, the crux of understanding) in the end it's not even reina who bears the brunt of much of jumie's rage (though she is target of it whenever available) it's [og mindsong user] who is the one person reina is vulnerable around, he has all the information to see how unfair her treatment of reina is. he won't share and he takes it out on jumie bc if she'd just fall in line her behavior wld stop aggravating reina's own trauma he is the one person who can see how this will destabilize the entire war (when ofc. 'nobody talk abt their trauma' is ofc a powderkeg of an approach and goes as well as you expect) anwy we are not doing a roa plot recap i've lost my point take this for whatever it is

#i do not rmbr how to write oc essays well this sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!#WHAT IM TRYING TO SAY IS.#reina quieting down after jumie goes for yet another useless attempt at her life is bc everything jumie accuses her of is correct #and drags up reina's own trauma of causing the end of her world and barely holding this one together as it is the war rapidly spiraling #out of her control #there is no recognition there yet no acknowledgement of WHY jumie's behavior irks her so #((bc jumie is displaying all that she has convinced herself is mortal weakness. that she cast aside bc being untouchable is the only way #to survive. jumie who cries and rages and picks battles she cannot win. who does everything in her grief that reina didnt do cannot allow #herself to do. trauma unprocessed locked away nd og mindsong user is enabling her!! but it's safer it's more comfortable))#none of this is on main. the hatred is mutual and it's not until the very end of roa that the recognition hits for good and sinks and stays #the moment jumie taunts azra because she has nothing to lose bc being torn apart by its shadows does not scare her if she dies so be it #vs reina who could not face azra on nerice who has not mustered a fraction of the same backbone all suicidal desperation it may be #(coward thruline w garvith also.....)#reina who is losing her immortality. who protects jumie at the cost of revealing this. who does take responsibility. who confides in jumie #this vry fact that she'd kept secret even from [og mindsong user] that crack in the veneer of perfect godhood #them having an honest to god CONVERSATION for the first time in the twilight of roa. this is where it starts #+++ also final roundabout. the morning after this incident jumie looking at yuzha's daughter for the very first time. not brushing her off #her warnings still click too late and crownpoint still falls but it is !! ultimately the point of the book. of looking trauma in the eye #taking it seriously lest it tempts worse things down the line #and we do not talk abt where the yuzha's daughter line ends bc. bc some things really do come around huh :)).#[shuts up] ok thank you for playing this has been such a post #shadowblogging #sb do a study why sotto voce tags are where concepts can be clearly articulated and not the actual main txt area lmfao

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