#it's kind of irrelevant to me bc i love late 30s wolfstar who desperately want it to work and who find comfort in each other

[moonymode]

i understand the appeal of angsty wolfstar i get the rationale and i do think that is part of the main draw and like i've definitely been sucked into the wolfstar doom spiral many times. but also i do think their relationship is more forgiving than is really acknowledged on here. like as far as we know, there wasn't actually all that much strife between them post poa, actually. they're often presented as a unit even when there's no literary utility to that choice (joint christmas present my beloved), they both go out of their way to forgive each other even when we, as readers, question the sanctity and ease of that forgiveness. they're extremely quick to support each other and provide a united front, to the point where they both immediately change their answers to suit the other when they do contradict. and even from this perspective there's a lot of toxicity and enabling and codependency and unhealthy shit you can read into their relationship without manufacturing drama. sometimes the drama is that they love each other so much that they could forgive the unforgivable, even when they know they shouldn't. or that they're too afraid to conflict for fear of abandonment. but ultimately i think the greatest tragedy IS that they were briefly each other's greatest hope for healing and love. it's not a tragedy if there's no hope in the first place you feel me