#equally regardless of her intended meaning ozma heard her condemn the world to death

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i have transcended annoyance and become amused by the non-euclidean pretzel of fanon takes about why the ozlem shattering happened. it’s all so silly

#no salem did not ‘lash out’ because he lied to her #she calmly listened to the whole story #held out her hand and asked him to forsake his god with her #and then evidently let him just walk away #bc the fight sure didn’t start in her office! #and when she catches him leaving with the kids #she relaxes her hands and starts to look away #while ozma tenses—& then she catches that motion #and reacts to it. #the same way cinder reacts when rhodes draws on her #salems perception—accurate or not—is that OZMA initiated the fight #just as his is that SHE started it #and that’s like. ✨the whole point✨ #salem trusted him. he betrayed that trust in the most grievous way imaginable #and she still tried to reach out across that chasm #and he rejected her out of hand—is it any wonder #that she saw his weapon move and reacted the way she did. #equally regardless of her intended meaning ozma heard her condemn the world to death #like it meant nothing to her—is it any wonder that he was terrified #grabs you by the collar. shakes you #ITS ABOUT THE DEATH OF TRUST #it’s about ozma only half committed to her because he’s always waiting for the pain he was promised #and salem realizing that the man she loved was a lie and the stranger underneath sees a monster in her eyes #it’s not about salem having her happy ending and breaking it in a tantrum you weirdos