#but then i say anya also has minor telekinetic abilities

[jamethinks]

One reason I feel like my sxf analysis always falls kind of flat is because I always overlook the supernatural elements of the story. One part of me gets that Anya has superpowers, but then I forget other characters can have superpowers, and we just don't know about it.

Speaking on the desmonds specifically because I feel like most people assume something is going over there given who Donovan is but I just think they're weird?

I don't think Donovan is a telepath who knows what Twilight is doing. I think he's a smart guy who knows a spy when he sees one. He's observant and calculated and knows how to have full control in every situation without exposing himself as the puppet master. He's knows how to say a lot without saying anything. He's a politican and an abuser so it adds up. But then I remember the scars on his head and it's like damn that's right too ig

Similarly, with Demetrius, when he first popped up, i never thought he was a telepath or that he was being experimented on. I just saw a tired, overworked child who has lost all light in his life, has not friends, no hobbies, no ambitions, and therefore no thoughts. I would even argue that the silence is more of a metaphor than a legit observation. It was supposed to be more of a visualization of his mind than a literal representation. To me, it was just a way of showing that Demetrius' mind is so fried from everything that he essentially doesn't even have thoughts anymore, and that's his challenge.

Then a more recent post i saw was speculating that Melinda also had something done to her and that's why she acts that way and I'm not like it's painfully obvious she's being abused and it's a bit weird you'd even think that. But I have to remind myself it isn't that kind of story, and it's not a farfetched idea that they would pull something like that.

I just be taking shit too seriously man idk