#anti marella redek

[ann-lol]

I’m sorry to the people who love Marella (ik there are a lot of you) but I need to speak my truth. Marella is a HORRIBLE friend, especially to Sophie.

The way she treated her in Neverseen? The way she blamed and gaslit Sophie into believing SHE wasn’t a good friend for not involving her in her weekly-almost-death sessions? How exactly was Sophie supposed to know you wanted to be part of the team when you didn’t even ask her to join said team? She was just supposed to know somehow and drag you in and put your life (and your family’s lives) at risk?? Wow Marella great logic

And then she literally befriends Sophie’s bully (a girl she hates as well) just to spite Sophie…how low.

I’m not even gonna talk about how she treated Sophie in Stellarlune cause omg that was unbearable.

[the-way-astray]

What are your thoughts on Marella?

I personally believe she’s a HUGE pick me! She’s expressed multiple times that she finds girls annoying and how they’re “too much drama” and she’s boy crazy. I feel like people tend to mix fanon Marella with canon Marella. Fanon-Marella being genuine, cool, loyal and super gay for Linh and Canon-Marella being extremely sarcastic, rude, and a pick me.

But I would like to know your opinion! You’re really good at breaking down characters and acknowledging their flaws and such! Thank you!

answering these together . . . okay i have mixed feelings on both fanon and canon marella. btw this is very long sorry

canon marella:

agree with you . . . to an extent. early books marella is misery to me. like you said, she's a massive pick-me, boy-crazy to an extent that is frankly just annoying, and honestly, i don't know why people think sophie was a pick-me when marella was right there. sophie is just a masc girl (believe it or not, they exist, and not because they think they're better than feminine girls) and marella is. that. so absolutely i agree with you there. no idea what shannon was thinking

however. i discussed this in the keefe rant i'm sure you haven't read but there are a lot of instances of sexism in the first couple of books, which i chalked up to kotlc at heart being an early 2010s book series. you see this with keefe mostly. about 90% of kotlc's more sexist lines are from him in the first two books or so. they disappear in the third book, almost like shannon realized sexism was not cool and certainly didn't make keefe cool, and basically stay gone for the rest of the series (we're going to ignore legacy for the purposes of this post)

my point in bringing this up is that sexism was a running theme in the first two books for everyone, not just marella. keefe was very sexist. fitz and dex were slightly sexist. sophie had a bit of internalized sexism. marella is obviously very internalized-sexist. alvar was a playboy. shannon clearly did not realize that she was incorporating a narrative into the series that put down girls . . . up until the third book, where basically all obvious sexism vanishes (sexism is still woven into the fabric of the series but we will ignore that for now). so i think we can chalk marella's pick-me attitude up to kotlc's early sexism. it's not really fair, in my opinion, to judge marella for being sexist in the first book if you aren't going to judge, for example, keefe for being sexist in the first book as well (trust me when i say he's way worse). or fitz or dex or sophie, all of whom demonstrate some misogynistic sentiment

basically what i'm saying is that this trait isn't something that's really a core part of who marella is as a character, any more than keefe's sexist lines in the first book define him as a character. it's just a byproduct of shannon being a cishet white woman writing in the 2010s, a time when this form of sexism was rampant in these sorts of coming-of-age books and nobody thought any harm came out of this sort of thing. nothing nails this in more for me than the graphic novel. if you haven't read it, i encourage you to do that because you might view marella completely differently than you currently do. if you don't know, there's a kotlc graphic novel that covers the first half of the first book, and they strip it of the sexism that's in the first book completely. from keefe, from fitz, from sophie, from marella. it's all completely gone. that includes marella's weird boy-craziness and pick-me lines. it's clear shannon doesn't want it there on second thought and that this was just something that came of her not critically thinking about sexism at the time when she first wrote kotlc, a decade before the graphic novel's release

okay, leaving kotlc's weird sexism aside, let's get to other things . . . i've talked about this briefly like months ago, but i'm not a fan of the way the narrative makes sophie out to be the bad guy during her fall out with marella in everblaze. sophie did nothing wrong. she goes out of her way to reach out to marella and check on her because she notices marella is acting strange. she worries about marella. but marella never asks sophie to be a part of her personal stuff the way keefe, fitz, biana, and dex do so how the fuck is sophie supposed to know she wants a part of it all? it's unfair to ask sophie to read marella's mind (pun not intended) and just comply with her invisible wishes. then marella gets mad at sophie for not including her (???? like sophie's supposed to know you wanted to be included when you didn't open your mouth and say so????) and then sophie spends a good while beating herself up over it and in neverseen she comes to the conclusion that marella hangs with stina now because sophie's a bad friend. objectively not true. sophie is a fine friend to marella . . . i don't know why the narrative is so convinced that sophie did something wrong to make marella fall out with her

i do understand that marella was upset since she thought she manifested as an empath and then it turns out she didn't, so she was emotional. absolutely. but it doesn't change the fact that sophie was never in the wrong and for some reason the narrative is convinced that it was sophie that drove marella away from her by being a neglectful friend which is simply not true . . . like it's not sophie's fault marella decided not to confide in her about this. once again i can understand why marella acted the way she did, but that doesn't change the fact that. it was kind of shitty of her to neglect sophie, fight with sophie, fall out with sophie, go hang out with sophie's enemy out of spite for sophie, and then blame sophie for all this when it wasn't sophie's fault

i think marella's mom's accident gives her a lot of depth as a character . . . i love the way she wants to manifest as an empath not for herself but for her mom . . . like it's just incredibly tragic. who knows what marella would have wanted to manifest as if not for her mom's accident, you know? being excited to manifest this or that ability is probably something that defines a lot of elf kids' childhoods in a small way and even that was stolen from marella. then she manifests as a pyrokinetic and she is terrified of it . . . she did everything she could to help her mom and then to manifest as a banned, supposedly dangerous ability instead? she's scared. on the cusp of being ostracized by all society. having to keep this secret. imagine being a gossip and suddenly having to worry about being the target of gossip . . . like it must feel terrifying

speaking of which, it's interesting to think about how marella's flaw (at least i think it's a flaw . . . ) of gossiping about people and talking about them behind their backs could relate to the fact that she doesn't want anyone to know about her home situation. the more she makes herself the person that knows all the stuff, the less likely people are to think about her stuff, if you know what i mean. i'm going to be honest, shannon doesn't really make this out to be a flaw to the extent that i personally would, because talking about people behind their backs is no bueno to me . . . so i wish shannon would acknowledge that as a flaw because it would be so cool to see marella develop out of it but alas. she has a tendency to lean into her "gossip" role and start getting involved in people's personal business . . . it almost feels like she thinks she's entitled to it because she knows so much gossip about them already. examples include when she starts prying into sophie's relationship with fitz and making suggestive comments like marella! that! is! not! your! place! leave sophie and fitz alone. so she can be a bit invasive at times but this is just treated like a "oh, marella's just being marella!" sort of thing which i am not a fan of . . . come on shannon please treat it as a flaw . . . it's not a good trait or a quirk . . .

okay, i'm going to be super honest i don't know where you're getting rude and sarcastic from like to me she's not really rude. she can be sarcastic at times (not that much honestly) but i don't see that as a bad thing? her main flaw to me is the slight invasiveness she feels entitled to from being "the gossip", which comes from trying to protect herself from gossip targeting her to do with her mom . . . but i really don't think she's rude? where is this happening /gen

fanon marella:

alright . . . with the exception of the "being gay for linh" stuff (which honestly might become canon now that shannon has acknowledged the existence of gay people . . . who knows . . . ) i actually despise fanon marella with a passion. horrendous butchering of the complexity and nuance that marella's canon character is meant to portray

okay hear me out. i feel like fanon has a tendency to portray marella as an unhinged pyromaniac, kind of like a mini fintan. once again looping around to my vehement hatred of incorrect quotes . . . this is mostly an incorrect quote thing. but so many fanon things portray marella as someone who would commit arson comfortably, uses her fire powers with ease, and is generally a menace when it comes to being a pyrokinetic

i feel like this does marella's character a great disservice. like where are you getting this. in canon, she despises being a pyrokinetic. she uses it no more than absolutely necessary to maintain control over it or to fight the neverseen. even in stellarlune, the latest book, she still demonstrates animosity toward the ability and wishes she'd never manifested it. she is nowhere near comfortable with pyrokinesis and i wish fanon would stop this portrayal of marella because it massacres her character so badly. i hate it so so so so bad . . . tell me you don't understand marella without telling me you don't understand marella . . . stop portraying her as some fintan-esque ready-to-do-arson-all-the-time sort of person (i mean you can do whatever you want but i will be judging you forever and ever). i'd say aside from alden, fanon marella is easily one of the worst butcherings of the canon character that i've seen from this fandom

and this goes into a bigger problem i have? where people in this fandom have a tendency to fall into stereotypes based solely on a person's ability. it's almost like someone who's fire-crazy and willing to commit arson anywhere and everywhere is like. the stereotype for a pyrokinetic. it's almost like marella doesn't fit that stereotype despite being a pyrokinetic. it's almost like people just say those things because marella is a pyrokinetic. like it's clear as day to me that nobody would be thinking these things about her if she were not a pyrokinetic. like read the source material i beg . . . fanon marella is so far removed from canon marella when it comes to the way people discuss her fire powers that it's slightly insane. you guys are falling into the exact same trap that the lost cities fall into, where they think all pyrokinetics are fintan-level crazy arsonists . . . the only difference is you say it affectionately because you like arson. but uh. guys. marella hates being a pyrokinetic and she hates using her powers and she wishes they would disappear and most importantly she hates the stereotypes that come with being a pyrokinetic. she hates the way people perceive her differently now that she is a pyrokinetic!!!! she even says this to sophie in stellarlune . . . she goes “you started picturing me switching sides and setting everything on fire, didn’t you? was i cackling? wearing a black, hooded robe? ooh, were we fighting? was it an epic struggle between the moonlark and her fiery former friend?” . . . she is aware of how her friends, specifically sophie, see her differently and she tries to hide it because she wishes she could go back to before but she can't. to turn marella into this person who's ready to commit arson and go around setting things on fire and fully embraces and loves her pyrokinesis the way fintan does and thinks fire is the solution to everything is so ridiculously far-removed from canon marella that i wish people who think that about her would just go hyperfixate on fintan or create a goddamned oc instead . . . hashtag not! my! marella!

this is something that doesn't just happen with marella either . . . the emo, angry tam stereotype comes from him being a shade. tam is not emo or particularly angry if you actually read his actual dialogue in the series. people are shocked to learn that most empaths in the series actually kind of suck ass morally, almost like being an empath doesn't make you a better person . . . i have seen people think this sort of stuff unironically. but there's no character i have seen this happen with to the extent that it happens with marella . . . it is painfully obvious that (most) people do not know how to make fanon content about marella without either making it all about how much she loves setting fire to things (false! will never agree with this interpretation of marella, it strips her of so much depth) or how much she's gay for linh (at least that one's true though. so. i guess lmfao). anyway moral of the story is some people do not know how to interact with the characters outside of making everything about their ability . . . almost like that's exactly what the lost cities do . . . this is a bit too meta for me i beg you all to reconsider how you view marella (and some of those other characters) . . . like stop letting their abilities cloud the way you see them as characters

[the-witch-of-woods-beyond]

okay, so i already said i don't like keefe, but i want to expand on the fact that him getting all these books of development and NOT developing is so annoying when amazing characters like linh, tam, biana, marella and fitz are all sidelined is so annoying.

his whole family drama was focused on in neverseen and then could have been drawn out in lodestar when he runs away, and then in flashback, we get the vackers, but in sooo much more depth because they're so intricate, and then we get more of the diznees because two chapters in book six was not enough and linh and tam talk about how they're dealing with all that happened in nightfall with their parents, and marella's storyline with her family is expanded.

but instead all this falls to the background and we get constant repetition of sophie worrying about keefe when all these characters have minor lines about all this every now and then.

like, stop focusing on him!!! give me fitz and biana explaining how it was to grow up in a family that expected perfection and always feeling like they were failing only to have their brother betray them all instead of just hinting at it every now and then and moving on, give me linh and tam working through the fact that they were abandoned by their parents and society for something out of their control and continue on from what started in nightfall, give me marella discussing the stress of how everyone views her family. even dex has been sidelined, the boy sophie calls her best friend, and his family are so tragic and interesting. why weren't they given more time to develop???

[confessionsofkotlc]

lavacake is cute and all but can we pls get back to them being gay (i want fedex and marellihn anain)

[oraclesblog]

Notice how the superior KOTLC girls are also the more powerful and prettier ones to 🤭

[lesbian-jolie]

I want to preface this post with: this is not meant to be hate to anyone in particular, it’s just something that I’ve been seeing more regularly

I am begging y’all to just take three seconds to think through your poc keepers headcanons so that they don’t conform to stereotypes.

I’ll give an example

Native!Marella

- is described as having rumpled clothes and unkept hair that is styled in small braids

- has a parent with mental disorders

These are both prominent stereotypes of native people so making Marella native is generally in poor taste

I’ll also give a good example

POC Della

From what I remember Della conform to any racial stereotypes therefore it is generally okay to headcanon her as poc

I will jump in here and say that you shouldn’t make ALDEN poc because the Vackers can be seen as representative of white privilege.

And that Fitz has anger issues which are a stereotype for pretty much every race. So tread carefully.

Like... I want more diversity too, but not when they perpetuate stereotypes.

You can’t make all the kids with parent issues people of colour.

And making all the least liked characters in canon people of colour is a little suspicious.

Ex. Stina and Alina

In conclusion, think through your head canons and ask yourself if x character is x race, do they fit the stereotypes associated with that race.

[gay-otlc]

Jewish!Biana and Muslim!Marella are dating <3

Marella aggressively cares for Biana around and during Yom Kippur and Biana aggressively cares for Marella during Ramadan

Fitz makes a lot of Jewish foods to share with Marella, Marella tries cooking some traditional Muslim foods but she isn't a very good chef

Biana gets Marella sparkly hijabs

Marella gets Biana sparkly yarmulkes

Biana and Fitz take turns beating up Islamophobes

Marella sets Anti Semites on fire

Just... Jewish!Vackers and Muslim!Redeks solidarity

Muslim Marella anyone?

[ann-lol]

Anti-Marella Rant/Analysis (but mainly rant) Post Ahead! I have VERY strong opinions on her so if you love her, I would recommend not reading this. Unless you want to anyway ofc! Either way enjoy! :)

Alright so I have many problems with this girl- like it’s actually insane. A problem I did have with her was her pick me behavior but @the-way-astray already explained in this post how in the very first few books almost everyone had a very misogynistic/sexist mindset so I’m not as bothered by that anymore. But her short story does contain a bit of what can be interpreted as pick me behavior so I will be going over that later.

Everblaze/Neverseen

My main gripe with Marella was her “problem” with Sophie in Everblaze/Neverseen. I briefly went over it in this post but basically for further analysis Marella blamed Sophie for not involving her in her dangerous and life threatening situations. She wanted to join the team and be a part of what Sophie was experiencing. Now I won’t say she didn’t have a reason to be jealous. She was obviously hurt that Fitz, Keefe, Dex and Biana were all involved in what Sophie was going through. She considered herself as much of a friend as they are to Sophie. So her jealousy is understandable. But every one of those people were either already involved or reached out to Sophie to be involved. Not one of them expected Sophie to involve them.

Fitz was the one who found Sophie from the very beginning. He knew the most about her compared to everyone else at that time. Keefe actively pressured Sophie into involving him, especially in Exlie. And we end up learning that his mother is part of the Neverseen, making him even more integrated and important to the story. Dex was kidnapped by the Neverseen with Sophie in the first book. He shares her trauma and he was the one who was forced to create the ability-restricting circlet for Sophie, as well as being the one to take it off for her. Biana’s involvement is similar to Keefe’s. She reached out to Sophie herself. Her guilt for not being a good friend in the beginning may have played a role in her wanting to be by Sophie’s side but regardless of her alternative motives she didn’t expect Sophie to involve her without even knowing if she wanted to be involved in the first place.

Marella’s response to Sophie not involving her was to basically gaslight Sophie into believing that she isn’t a good friend and to befriend both Sophie and Dex’s bully, Stina. Mind you, Marella HATED Stina and used to encourage Sophie to “take her down” in the first book. Yet she was willing to befriend this person just to spite Sophie.

Now some might think that she has changed since Everblaze/Neverseen but she proved that in Stellarlune she has actually NOT changed and if anything she just moved the goal post.

Stellarlune

In Stellarlune pages 409 - 410 she basically taunts Sophie into guessing whether or not they’re still friends.

Quotes:

"You started picturing me switching sides and setting everything on fire didn't you?...Was it an epic struggle between the moonlark and her fiery former friend?" - Marella

"Former?" - Sophie

"Well...in that scenario," - Marella

"And in this one?" - Sophie

"I'm sitting with you, aren't I?" - Marella.

"True" "So...does that mean we're good?" - Sophie

"Depends." - Marella

"On what?" - Sophie

This whole exchange infuriates me. STOP beating around the bush and having Sophie guessing at your every word. Just spill it.

So when Sophie wants confirmation on whether or not Marella thinks of them as friends, Marella starts assuming that Sophie has alternative motives for "hanging out with her".

Quote:

"Well, for one thing, I'm curious- are you only hanging out with me right now because you want to know how it went when I talked to Fintan about his cache?" - Marella

*Deep breathe* You first got angry with Sophie that she didn’t involve you in her life threatening, “go-lucky play dates”, as you seem to believe that’s what they are, and when Sophie decides to bring YOU in, involve YOU, give YOU a role here, you then have an issue with providing vital intel that only you can obtain? You were so willing to be a part of all this to the point that you mentally stressed the hell out of Sophie for it but when the time comes for you to play your part, just like you wanted, you want to have a problem with that as well?? MAKE. UP. YOUR. GOD. DAMN. MIND. *Breaths out*

Sophie then points out that Marella is the one technically hanging out with her and that she was the one who brought up Fintan.

Quotes:

"Technically you're hanging out with me," "I was already sitting here when you sat down. And you're the one who brought up Fintan- not me. I didn't even know you had a chance to talk to him yet." - Sophie

"Fair enough. But you're dying to ask about it now, aren't you?" - Marella

Is this a game for her? She's just trying to villainize Sophie at every turn, at this point. No matter what Sophie does or doesn't do, at the end of the day she has to be in the wrong? Really Marella?

Sophie caught on that Marella is trying to test her so she basically says that she’ll wait until Marella wants to tell her about Fintan and also that a friend wouldn’t hold back vital info.

Quote:

"Not really- because a friend would never hold back something important. So you'll tell me when you're ready. Or you have nothing worth telling. Either way, there's no point asking you about it. Especially since you're clearly trying you test me right now, and I'm not going to fall for it." - Sophie

The fact that Sophie has to feel like her "friend" is testing her is unbelievably sad. Having to prove to your friend that you're not a bad person when you've literally given them NO reason to even believe that you are, while simultaneously trying not be killed by your enemies, sounds mentally draining.

Now I will say that Sophie's tone in that quote was very stern but at the same time she's responding to all of Marella's previous comments so it's completely appropriate. But in Marella’s mind, she believes that Sophie now has an attitude. Sophie is literally making a valid point and if anything Marella is the one with the attitude. She's actively trying to start problems with Sophie from nothing.

Quote:

"You really are much feistier now. I can't decide how I feel about it."

Newsflash Marella, we don't care how you feel about it. And frankly you don't deserve that sort of attention considering how you're acting.

Maruca comes in asking how Marella feels about what and Marella responds with: "Sophie's new attitude."

Stina, of course, comes in and says: "That's easy. I'm definitely not a fan."

Again NO ONE CARES about what either of you feel about people's personalities. A bully and a gaslighter don't deserve that kind of privilege. How about you look in the mirror first, change yourself and THEN you'll have a right to speak up about others.

(A little off topic, but Shannon completely fumbled with Stina in Stellarlune. She was actually enjoyable in Legacy- I mean like she was literally getting more character development than Marella was and then she got screwed over. Ugh Shannon.)

Anyway back to the rant, Sophie responds to Stina basically saying that if Stina isn't liking her "new attitude" and then she's obviously doing something right. (Honestly, slay)

On page 411, Marella and Stina begin to insult/make fun of Sophie. Mocking her recent company and how they've "influenced" her.

Quote:

"It's like she's been hanging around Ro too much and picked up a case of the Snarky Comback." - Marella

Marella began to ask where Ro was and Sophie responded vaguely not wanting to explain out loud because she wanted to telepathically update everyone instead. Yet Marella still continued to make fun of her anyway.

Quote:

"Clearly you've also picked up some avoiding skills from the Forkle."

Sophie and Marella have a small exchange about how they'll just keep their updates to themselves until the team arrives so they won't have to repeat themselves.

Marella and Stina proceed to whisper and giggle amongst themselves, saying who knows what about Sophie.

It was also implied that there was an obvious divide between everyone, on page 412. Sophie’s group and Marella’s group. Why is Marella actively causing riffs in the group when they should all be focusing on defeating their enemies instead??

Anyway, that's the end of her moments in Stellarlune (just the book). Now to the short story!

Marella's Short Story

Now in her short story Marella showcases a little bit of her pick me behavior. She basically found it “annoying” how easily Linh was able to control her abilities even though Linh worked so hard for it.

Quote:

"But the fact that Linh could stand in a sea of frozen water and do nothing except keep the falling snow from setting on her flushed pink cheeks was very...annoying" - Marella

Now this could be seen as jealousy, which is a fine flaw to have, especially in her case, considering her crazy, out-of-control pyrokinetic abilities, but at the same time it could be interpreted that she just genuinely doesn’t like people being better than her, especially girls. She has expressed many times her "annoyance" with girls specifically (Sophie and Linh being direct targets of this). She never really specifically mentions any of the boys being annoying. Whenever she's really talking about boys she's just basically fawning over them (a trait many pick mes posses) Now I'm not saying finding guys attractive will inherently make you a pick me, but fawning over boys while degrading girls does make you a pick me.

Now it is a little stretch, in all honesty. Her comment about Linh can be interpreted in many different ways. It's also just a single comment- and one that she didn't even say out loud so I'm not too bothered by it. The short story IS where I see the most Marelinh proof though, ironic as it is. I’m genuinely hoping that she and Linh become a thing. She did after all call Linh “peaceful” “pretty” and “perfect” all in one sentence. (Shannon, make it so that Linh is the one that changes Marella and I might actually end up liking her)

Now what I didn't like is her comments afterwards.

Quotes:

"Then again, everyone annoyed Marella a little"

"But it wasn't Marella's fault!"

"People tended to be annoying."

She sounds like she has a victim mentality here. She believes that it isn't her fault that she finds everyone annoying because everyone tends to be annoying...

Has she once considered that everyone around her isn't actually annoying and that she's just easily offended and sensitive? She's literally saying that one of her best friends, if not her best friend, is annoying because she has such good control over her ability. If THAT annoys her then yeah no wonder she finds everyone and everything annoying.

Now aside from everything I've said there are certain aspects that make me like Marella, believe it or not. The way she cares deeply for her mother. The way she wanted to manifest as an empath just to help her identify her mother's emotions. That is very sweet and considerate of her. I respect that, a lot. But the way she treats her mother won't erase the way she treats Sophie and others. She needs to seriously acknowledge her behavior and the way she makes people around her feel. She's been getting more page time in the most recent books so I hope Shannon gives her character some development in the newer ones.

So yep! This is the rant lol. Feel free to express your thoughts and/or opinions on this post. Whether you agree or not, I'd love to hear it! :)

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[ann-lol]

I feel as though I have reached a state in this fandom, specifically on keeplr, where I am comfortable expressing my opinions, no matter how unpopular they may be! I have seen many opinions shared here on keeplr and they are all embraced, well mostly lol. So I have decided to finally let the people know of my most unpopular opinion for kotlc that would most definitely be rejected on all platforms, except here, hopefully. I, Ann, hate Marella Redek with a burning passion! (Pun not intended) I believe people like fanon-Marella, who is loyal, fun, and gay (mainly for Linh) but canon-Marella is not like that! She is rude, sarcastic, and a HUGE pick-me! This is just my opinion please don’t hate me! I’ve already created riffs with some of the people I’ve told long ago 🥲

[ann-lol]

HOW CAN YOU HATE MARELLA

GIVE ME ONE REASON

You’re in luck! Because I am currently making a lengthy rant about why I hate her loll

It will mainly be focusing on how she acted in Neverseen and Stellarlune! Soooooo stay tuned!

Would you like me to tag you when I post the rant??

[ann-lol]

i rlly love a lot of ur opions, and i found ur marella one really interesting, but kind of dont like it bcs i love marlihn, i was wondering if you had any more to say besides your reccent large post?

First of all, thank you!! Second of all, I LOVE Marelinh, they’re literally in my top 5 favorite ships loll I just personally don’t like Marella- but her and Linh together?? So good! Third of all, I am currently making a lengthy anti marella post! I should be done possibly by Monday, we’ll see, I have a lot of schoolwork I need to do lol. If you want me to tag you in the post, dm me if you’d like! :)

[ann-lol]

as someone who also dislikes marella, i'd love to hear more about your thoughts on her 👀 especially on how she treated sophie in stellarlune (which you mentioned in your post) i also similarly side-eyed linh when she joined the stina-maruca-marella group considering her somewhat close relationship with sophie...it just didn't make sense to me???

Omg I will soooooooo be making a rant post now FOR SURE!!

Also that’s an interesting point you make! I definitely don’t understand why Linh or Maruca hang out with those two (at least Maruca was being polite to Sophie and the others) for Linh I noticed she joined that team because of Tam trusting Rayni which bothered her a lot. I can understand where she’s coming from but at the same time she was really complaining a lot throughout the book, it was little annoying but I still love her.

Also I’m so happy to find a Marella hater/disliker PLEASE dm me, only if you’re comfortable though! :)

[the-way-astray]

this or that!

sophella or sophiana

huh. okay. let's see. i have to say sophella. sophie learning more about marella, learning to lean on her, to trust her, to confide in her? great ship. and marella eventually opening up to her about her stuffed animal the fact that her mom's accident wasn't an accident? oh this could be so good. so, so good.

but sophiana has a certain appeal to it, too. i just don't really vibe with it too much.

[the-way-astray]

ok so keefe doesnt like you and you dont like him

this has been established

but how would this affect ur relationships with the rest of the crew

ANOTHER ASK THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN UNTIL THIS POINT tumblr when i catch you . . .

i'd like to think it wouldn't affect my relationships with them too much.

i like sophie and fitz fine. realistically speaking, my reaction to keefe would be to stay as far away from him as possible and interact with him never. if he notices and tries to reach out, well, fuck him. sophie and fitz would likely notice my desperate attempts to avoid keefe at all costs and be slightly puzzled, and if they confronted me about it, i'd list off all the things i don't like about keefe and leave it there. they may get slightly defensive at first, but i think they would eventually accept the truth. that he sucks balls.

i don't care about dex (ew). but i think he would care a bit too much that i don't like keefe, because he and keefe are pretty similar. he may or may not confront me, at which point i may or may not tell him that i'm not his biggest fan either. that may piss some people in the crew off.

biana i'm utterly neutral on. i honestly have no idea how she would react, seeing as she has no canon personality whatsoever to me.

i think tam would be a bit put off by the ferocity of my hatred (tam's dislike for keefe is very mild-annoyance-y) and claim i'm giving him too much power by hating him so ferociously, to which i would say i keep my hatred quiet unless called out on it.

linh wouldn't care, i feel. she's not close enough to keefe.

marella would find it amusing. because she loves drama and gossip.

maruca, hmm. i have no idea. shannon please do something with her.

stina probably wouldn't even realize i'm avoiding keefe, i think.

and wylie would try to sit me down and have a talk in which he explains keefe's bad childhood to me after i go on a lengthy rant against him. to which i would say i know but that's an explanation, not an excuse and that everyone was only encouraging his shitty behavior by making excuses for him and dumping pity on him. which wylie may reflect on and see my point. or at least he would respect it.

[floofeeeeee]

Tag me snookie I’m curious heheh

HOW CAN YOU HATE MARELLA

GIVE ME ONE REASON

You’re in luck! Because I am currently making a lengthy rant about why I hate her loll

It will mainly be focusing on how she acted in Neverseen and Stellarlune! Soooooo stay tuned!

Would you like me to tag you when I post the rant??

[er-idkhehe]

EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SAYING.

It was so obvious from the start.

her ‘saving’ Sophie from others like Jensi and the drolly boys. And when she said ‘I usually only sit with boys, girls are so dramatic’

AND I CAN NEVER GET OVER THE FACT SHE TOLD SOPHIE GRADY WAS A MESMER.

you had no right to share that IF HE CLEARLY DID NOY WANT TO SAY.

ily fanon Marella but canon? You suck

I’m sorry to the people who love Marella (ik there are a lot of you) but I need to speak my truth. Marella is a HORRIBLE friend, especially to Sophie.

The way she treated her in Neverseen? The way she blamed and gaslit Sophie into believing SHE wasn’t a good friend for not involving her in her weekly-almost-death sessions? How exactly was Sophie supposed to know you wanted to be part of the team when you didn’t even ask her to join said team? She was just supposed to know somehow and drag you in and put your life (and your family’s lives) at risk?? Wow Marella great logic

And then she literally befriends Sophie’s bully (a girl she hates as well) just to spite Sophie…how low.

I’m not even gonna talk about how she treated Sophie in Stellarlune cause omg that was unbearable.