#ganseys 3 tests of mettle

[robobee]

thinking further about henry being the one to lead gansey to his death... the way he literally should've been the demons vassal and gansey's final test would've been some narratively satisfying thing about letting the forest die and he goes No & he dies but saves everyone and the sacrifice is what works but the rest of them are irrevocably harmed and drift apart bc of it

[robobee]

letting me watch an aesthetic poe show was a mistake my mental illness won't let me shake off Verna!Henry as a Literal embodiment of death shadowing ganseyco out of sheer curiosity and a little sadness at predestination... the Potential of turning the pit scene prelude into something genuinely terrifying by using the darkness and rare flashes of light and henrys voice changing just slightly when he steps out of the florescents... whatever is there a prize for a test of mettle, mister gansey? and gansey centre frame is Not Turning Around but he swallows and Henry would nearly be out of the shot if it wasn't for his eyes' tapetum lucidum just Looking At Gansey

[hypokeimena]

#thinking about everything going the same Until the house at the end of trk where gansey steps through into complete darkness #and keeps walking and comes out into a different corner of a ley forest (velen witches area from the witcher3 lol) #and that dull shaking fear when he slowly turns around to meet henry and henrys smiling and teary eyed but #he has a job to do. he will do it. kind of an inverse agent of the forest like adam #society if... #ganseys 3 tests of mettle

gansey literally should have died afraid and happy

thinking further about henry being the one to lead gansey to his death... the way he literally should've been the demons vassal and gansey's final test would've been some narratively satisfying thing about letting the forest die and he goes No & he dies but saves everyone and the sacrifice is what works but the rest of them are irrevocably harmed and drift apart bc of it