#something something reconciling harsh truths of the world with beautiful illusions

[blood-orange-juice]

@yokelish reminded me and I can't stop thinking about it again

The Snow Queen's most loyal knight, a boy with a shard of troll's mirror in his eye.

Except that there's no Gerda. There never was a Gerda and there never will be a Gerda. No one will come. And also the troll's mirror might be showing the truth this time.

Or maybe all the Harbingers are like that.

"Perhaps it is fair to say that only those who possess an obsession close to or even exceeding the level of delusion might be willing to join this group."

(from the Funerary Mask description. I do think the mirror stands for something Khaenri'ahn though)

#also something something gnosticism #the world as an illusion #something something certain hindu practices #where you need to first create an illusion of your own to break free from the illusion everyone shares #and in a sense troll's mirror was showing the truth in the original story #just not the whole truth #something something dreams #something something reconciling harsh truths of the world with beautiful illusions #and I know there's tonya #but I'd prefer if she doesn't get to play gerda #no one ever deserves to play gerda #if he's so female-coded he can solve his emotional problems himself #(he sort of deserves to know his sister cares but let's not force her to cross a snow plain and all that) #childe #tartaglia #tsaritsa #fatui #if abyss be thy name I pledge to you my loyalty