#not that I’m saying Boq has no flaws because he does he most certainly does

[seraphimankh]

Popping in to say how much I adore your fic, particularly how you write Boq! He's such a complex character, and I feel you've really captured that in your work! You can tell that he's a good person at his core, he's just been put through so much that he's become an extremely bitter and angry person

Heck if I was ENSLAVED for however many months/years by a person who, apparently, loved me, then essentially murdered by said person (if the spell worked correctly Boq would have been FORCED to love Nessa which is... icky at best) AND THEN put through actual body horror so I could keep living? I'd be a little pissed too! And severely traumatised, but I don't think Boq (or Fiyero for that matter) have had any time to really sit down and properly unpack that trauma

Really happy that you're not writing Boq off as a villain, I've seen one too many fics where he's portrayed as this 100% evil guy :(

Hh thank you! I adore Boq and his character, and it’s really sad when they make him be out to be the villain of the group.

He’s angry, hurt and feels there’s an injustice that happened to him. Not only did he loose his life to a dictator because he thought he was doing something nice to her and couldn’t get out of the relationship, but he was forcefully changed against his will. Sure it was in an attempt to save him, but it’s still not a good situation!

And not only that he was just left alone! I know he kinda runs away but still!! He was left to his own devices forced to struggle and deal with this new body.

It’s terrible and I don’t think a lot of people realize that. People saying he could have just left Nessa don’t realize how abusive relationships work, especially with one that had a major power imbalance. And if Nessa’s spell DID work he would have lost his autonomy in a different matter.

I love Boq and I will defend him so hard man