One of my recent Jason posts has people talking about how valid a writers portrayal of a character is if that writer hates that character which is an interesting conversation specifically when it comes to Jason bc in case you didn't know a lot of writers do not like Jason but also a good few of the writers who hate Jason have also written some of his better stories
Basically what I'm saying is someone should make an alignment chart with one line being how much a writer loves or hates jason and the other line being how good the writer is at writing Jason
You want to physically feel your emotions-chemicals firing off in every direction at once? You want peak surreal time travel vibes? If you're coming back to visit a place you lived a long time ago, and you would like to set yourself up for the weirdest version of that experience; may I recommend being sleep deprived, coming into town after dark after spending six hours in a car, and going straight to the grocery store you used to shop at? That'll Do Things to you.
It's hilarious to me how a lot of The Blue Castle is spent hinting at a Big Plot Twist/Reveal, and as the reader you're excited to see whether your theory is correct and what Valancy's reaction to it will be, but once the reveal comes, so much insanity has happened to her in the last 24 hours that when she does find out she's just like "okay, this might as well happen I guess"