i’m genuinely not sure if it’s more painful to imagine that Mary obviated herself or to imagine that she didn’t.
Because if she did, that means that she knew that her loyalty would never allow her to leave she knew that she would never be able to get away from her guilt, but she also knew she wouldn’t survive the war so that means she chose to erase this MASSIVE part of her identity to be able to move on and escape the grief and get out alive. but at what cost?
But if she didn’t?!? that might be worse. that means, she never escaped the grief. It means she has to live either knowing that all of her friends died and she wasn’t there or not knowing what happened at all.
Mary is such a fascinating character study because as the fandom perceives her (i say this cause we have no canon) she’s the only one who survived, and she still didn’t make it out unscathed. like no matter which way you slice it this poor girl was fucking traumatized, and she either literally removed a part of herself to get away or lives with the pain and survivors guilt, and that’s such an interesting way to view grief and pain. it begs the question is it better to have the memories that made you who you are even if they’re painful or is it better to forget? to cut your losses and move on?
If you write Lily Evans as James Potter’s second choice while he still secretly pines over his long-lost love, you hate her character and I need you all to stay the fuck away from her. Don’t say you love Lily while you humiliate her in your fics and headcanons for the sake of making the story between your mlm ships more tragic.
Are you from here? Orig—originally speaking? Yeah. Born and raised. I went to college, but it wasn't for me. So, here I am, pursuing my dreams of serving beer at Not-a-Drugstore.
Katrina "Kat" Van Tassel in Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story [x]
Idk why Mari can't let Abe continue to be Toronto's specialest little unkillable boy. Sure maybe he is an atrocity against the laws of nature but he is literally just chilling and also wandering into every death trap in the metro area.
Do I think Matilda was in love with kat? Yes. Yes I do. Maybe at the start it was some sort of pining. You know the trope. Girl in love with her best friend who would never love her back. But by the end? I think Matilda loved Kat like a knight swearing an oath to protect their princess. Her whole soul was devoted to Kat's welfare, willingly. She would trust Kat to lead her into the darkness and fight through it on her behalf. She wasn't surprised when Ichabod fell head over heels upon their first meeting. Who wouldn't?