#with these dumps of brainrot i think i sometimes just shift into this odd kind of writing mode

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I talk a lot about my headcanon that Maggie would wrestle with her identities post reveal, even in the BEST of circumstances, where Nova and her get along after the fact and everything is the best it can be given the situation

And something that I don't think I've said clearly is that, Maggie's a completely unreliable narrator when I write her perspective. Maggie feeling like she doesn't actually deserve the "grand luxury" of her original identity, yet still owning it cause she's long accepted she's a thief and thats what thieves do

"Evie Artino isn't Maggie" like. Factually untrue. Correct in her head tho.

If I ever wrote this, this kind of dilemma I love for Maggie but I still can't quite figure out what would lead to that being revealed to other characters. Those other characters being her family and friends that don't see a distinction between "Evie is Maggie" and "Maggie is Evie" I mean ofc there is a reveal in the form of a melodramatic shouting match which I have thought abt extensively, tho I think I can do better.

I'm leaning towards Maggie confessing this to Max when theyre alone and close. Both of them are tired and Max is asking her some questions and the topic inevitably comes back to her feelings about being Evie. And... It sort of slips out. Not the whole truth but just enough that Max knows she sees a difference between the "value" of her identities. "Evie identity" outweighing her "Magpie identity"

Both of them are tired so it's not like he fully recognizes the weight that this holds to her, nor give a response that is deeply impactful and dramatic about how "Maggie you should care about yourself more! You're still you! No matter your name!"

I think it would be more like

"I like you. Whatever your name.."

And that makes her feel a little bit warmer.