I hate when a fandom looks at parents in fiction and decides there are only TWO kinds of parents:
Abusive Parents OR Perfect Parents.
It's rarely as narrow as that. Some are abusive, some are flawed yet still good, some won't admit their flaws, and the list goes on and on. Similar complexities carry over to parent characters in fiction.
Did Imogen get confirmed as lesbian and I just missed it or are people just saying that cuz of the day. and if it’s the first one… anyone mind pointing me to where I might find that so I can rewatch it over and over lol
Honestly I think Liliana and Astrid should meet. They would have a lot in common and to speak about. These powerful women who were used and groomed to be a tool in an old mage’s own designs. Staying while knowing he’s killing you, hurting your loved ones because they believe that it is better to work from the inside to usurp the power back into their control and because they are so afraid at the same time.
Being confronted by that same loved one who got out, who is begging them for help. Astrid dropping counterspell and Liliana teleporting them to the Bloody Bridge. Astrid’s “Race you to the top” and Liliana’s “I’m doing this all for you.”
Being so convinced that nothing can change, that no one can help or understand. Telling that loved one to run, run as far as they can because if anything at least they got out. The world can burn but they got out.
Astrid being able to tell Liliana that they were/are wrong. That things can change, that someone will understand. That you cannot gain back control, power from the man that robbed it from you if he is killing you at the same time, if you are killing a part of yourself at the same time.
I love being like “I know why Orym is doing this thing and it makes sense from a role play perspective cause LOB is fantastic, but its so unhealthy I’m begging this halfling to go to therapy” because I know he wont and he’ll keep getting worse and more avoidant and I’ll eat that shit up cause its good role play but I’ll keep shaking him begging him to go to therapy anyways