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shidoukanae · 5 months ago

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backtracking through TME again and im still utterly in awe of Helene and her writing

I thought by the time i reached episode 72 that her story arc was mostly cleaned up. We got to learn that she does care about Lyla and that she's basically the asshole with a heart of gold stereotype wrapped in a few layers of pettiness and a faint hint of immaturity on her part.

...But now im realizing there MUST be still a lot to her character to go. There's just no way there's not. Between the missing event that turned Helene against Lyla and the way Helene warned Lyla not to trust or get close to her...not to mention we still haven't addressed the reason why OG!Helene destroyed the world in the first place...man, I LOVE that there's still more to her character to go

Helene is literally everything I have ever wanted to see in a character wrapped into one. I'm still shook she exists, that the whole of TME's plot never forgets her or shelves her potential.

She's a gal who has never gotten the chance to really mature into the person she should be due to Lyla's continued existence. She's petty and mean but her original saintly nature seems to be still intact. She's a walking contradiction: both cruel and kind and brave yet afraid. The amount of complexity and depth invested into her is honestly astonishing. And I wouldn't be surprised if she's heading for a villain arc considering her ties with her mother and the hints that she has a hand in the deaths of the empire's mages.

And I just,,,, god,,,, I want to create characters on the same level as Helene (and as the rest of this cast, actually). And while im currently in a rut with OC stuff due to being overwhelmed (and in a "what's the point" mindset lmao), this manga is SUCH an inspiration for me and all i wanna do is cling onto it and hope it never ends :'D

#the mighty extra #im checking every day for the S3 announcement ngl #also as im backtracking through the story again im starting to wonder if i got gaslit by the protag into thinking Helene is a good person #because one interesting thing about Helene is she's shown and told to be a good person but there's kind of no reason for her to be lmao #hard to put into words but i wouldn't be surprised if everyone is pushing the image of saintliness onto Helene and putting her under duress #I don't think she's a bad person persay and the narrative has EASILY reinforced her intent to help others like a saintly person #but damn do I also think there's a heavy deity-ification surrounding Helene from everyone around Lyla and that's not the best take to have-#on someone who is so fundamentally flawed as a human being that I could easily argue Helene isn't as mature as she's portrayed #which #relatable!!!#but also Lyla's inherent worship of Helene as the heroine of the og story is so fascinating to watch because Lyla literally treats Helene-#as if she can't do anything wrong (and if she does do something off she's got her heart in the right place) and watching Helene go off on-#Paris in the most eerie way possible suggests that's REALLY NOT THE CASE #the way Helene has shown so many different faces though is so good ngl #around her father she's clear about her distaste for him that she doesn't at all hide it #in front of her mother she's helpless and frightened and has no choice but to appease her mom in any way possible #in front of Lyla she's conflicted and beats around the bush regarding her intentions as she can't let Lyla know she still cares #in front of Paris her prejudice for Kylon's dragons shows and she isn't at all afraid to become openly manipulative towards him #Add to this her shown hostility towards Fian and the way she seems to look down on Odelia and she's such a dynamic gal #also on the note of Odelia im totes shipping Odelia/Rosalyn lmao #i like Rosalyn/Phillip but the moment Odelia said “hey lemme help you get what you want” i went “oh god i ship it”

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