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[witchofthewild]

Tnp spoilers, time for my usual post update breakdown break dance

James, pining over Lea and desperately ignoring the fact he suspects he’s in the middle of having a demon take over his body in a process that will kill him: ah I know how to help this! *hooks up with merry*

Screaming crying ALSO bc I just know that doing the deed with merry is going to push her further away, ESP with the rot??? Like she’s already assumedly? Lost her husband, and now this man comes sliding into her life, and they fuck once before she learns he’s dying. Like. Hm. Ouch! Hurt but understandable that she pretty much drops James immediately. Also tho little spoon merry, I want it so bad 😖✋

Also I’m here to propose that Clementine is secretly a god. No I don’t know how, or why they’d be on the run but! Putting my bet down that Clem is actually the traveler or something

Also have I mentioned how much I love Noel and James? ;-; Xe *get* it, like no one else does, and I love how fast James falls into a teasing friendship with xem.

Also! James got the Hanging Man card. Much to think about, I originally gave him death, for the drama and also bc the whole period of big changes thing fits.

The amount of secrets being kept from Lea? makes me anxious dhfjnfg like hot damn they’re rlly starting to stack up. Horrified and excited to see how not telling them about the fucking rot will go LMAO

ALSO ALSO ALSO!!!!!! Holy shit that last waking nightmare scene, the part where the creature is disguised as James, holy shit my skin CRAWLED I am not easily given the goosebumps but oh man, oh man-! “It’s you. It’s just you.” Like seemingly the best option, but like. Thinking about it, fuck James hates himself, what worse shape could the monster take?? Like James deepest rooted fear is becoming that monster, he already feels like a barely contained monster like- !! This part just hit. So well

ALSO ANOTHER THING ABOUT JAMES AND MERRY. this is why I love this, this dialogue is it distilled. “Are you scared of me?” “No.” Like, aside from Noel (who is another and is thus perceived by James to be as “monstrous” as himself), all of the other characters have displayed fear at James. Even fucking Duncan was taken aback! Merry isn’t scared, but she isnt pitying either. Also the entire intimate scene was so well written, im falling in love with these two idiots <3

But since James is still pining over Lea while developing stirrings of something for Merry, I’m curious how it���ll turn out if I keep engaging with them both. I know kit talked about possibly writing a poly route? But if they don’t, tbh I think James might go with Merry? And like. Almost grow out of Lea? Idk!

Anyways if you made it this far I am giving you a kiss on the cheek <3