#like on the surface her story feels like a victory because she reclaims the capital city and has her coronation

[calenhads]

for obvious reasons i cannot stop thinking about sabina. she is just so miserable in everything she does. i don’t think she’s been truly happy since she was 16 years old, and it’s likely it will never happen again. what is there for her to be happy about? her closest friends and family will never see her the same way. she is the queen of a kingdom she never wanted and never expected to get. she will never forgive herself for choosing her own quest for vengeance over her people but she will also never regret the choice she made. in a hundred other universes, she would always make the same choice. there was never really a choice at all.

#meaghan talks #oc: sabina aleksandrov #i DESPERATELY need to commission more art of her but i do not have the money rn #hopefully i can pick up some hours over spring break but oh well #MORE IMPORTANTLY. sabina :3 #i’m currently doing a lot of research on negative character arcs since well. she does get worse. #like on the surface her story feels like a victory because she reclaims the capital city and has her coronation #but everything about it is so miserable because she knows. she knows that she doesn’t deserve ths #and her family knows she doesn’t deserve this #and she’s only on the throne because she was seen in the fighting and rumors immediately spread that the princess had returned to save them #and with so much work ahead of them they needed a leader who would unite the people #so everyone who put her on the throne knows she was willing to abandon her people #but none of them can say anything. they will never be able to tell the truth. #and what a heavy burden to bear for all of them