#maziemade

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hob x rue? oh u mean Battlemaster of Ceremonies

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You came. You called.

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"you wouldn't have done what you did to me if it wasn't for him" like woahhhh

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Thistlehob is such a guilty pleasure. the drama and tension, he's the only one who knows her secret, the entire bloom has a rumor that they're dating, they have intense telepathic staring matches at the tea table, they both have it out for the Court of Wonder, they could plot to take it down together, they could be the Crullers.

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new Hob x Rue ship names

- Bear Squared

- Hoot Growl

- Owl Bug

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"who are you? i love you" is a line that feels like a pull. doesn't hit me over the head. there's no blunt force. it just tugs on the inside and pulls me. that's how it feels.

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Rue was going to send it!! Rue was going to send it! but Wuvvy reacted so strongly that Rue had to rethink what they were doing. it hurts but I GET IT

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the rumors that Squak could start about Hob... stir the pot, you nasty nasty scoundrel. you saw the good captain stumble. give us some good shit

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beacon pines is out!!!

i was a beta tester so trust me i have seen enough to say you need to play it. if you liked gravity falls and/or night in the woods, this game is precisely your shit.

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Brennan: *long and intense monologue about paladin hubris* ummm and he pulls the back of your head and rips your skin off your skull

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hob can just eat the ashes of rue's letter and know what it says, right

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a court of fey and flowers.

love is a wildflower. love is a weed.

what is a weed if not something that has grown where it is unexpected?

love is a weed.

and it is a miracle to have sprouted at all. but there is no place for it in a garden. otherwise it wouldn't be a weed. (will you prune it?)

and there is beauty in the out of place. there is power in growing, uncultivated, unwanted, unlike anything else in the garden. (will it survive on its own?)

gardens must be tended to. flowers must be tended to. even those we think are weeds. even those we know are wild. just because it sprouts on its own does not mean it can flourish. just because it is unprepared for does not mean it does not have a place.

the hands of a gardener and the forces of nature. the birds and the butterflies and the tiniest of fey. a flower grows and a flower needs.

for what is the feeling of love, without the acts of love? a garden without tending. wild. you watch flowers grow and wilt and grow again. you love over and over.

for what are the acts of love, without the feeling of love? a heartless plot of land. subsuming. you pluck out weeds and wait for them come back. you work over and over.

you never see something blossom.

passing around blankets and hot cocoa and standing close to lend your strength. giving up your wings for your daughter and coming home for your cousin. oaths of devotion and bardic inspiration.

this is the nature of love.

life is a garden. love is a flower.

it blooms.

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i liked it when the crane wives said "all your ribs are still your own"

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so.... we've had the Great Hart Hunt and a Duel on the Southern Lawn, and the next epsiode is Seaside Teatime.

what other regency tropes have we got? an evening of card games, off to the races, the opera, bath houses and plunge pools. with the general energy of Gwyn, we could even get the classic "partying with the common people" event. also, a ballroom episode is going to emotionally destroy me.

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oh no wonder Squak is trying to matchmake his cousin so hard. he's got it locked and loaded

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i am Going Feral. i have been watching the epistolary phase for over an hour now because they are all driving me insane