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nocasdatsgay · 2 months

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I was just reminded this on Reddit but what do you think of the Cassian-Nesta-Eris dynamic in chapter 62 of acosf? I find it so distasteful. But besides that, I don’t see any sort of relationship building between Nesta and Eris in the future. Nesta and Eris are parallels of one another and she (and cassian) played him too much in that chapter. I don’t know if you talked about it before, but what do you think of it?

So I had to go back and read that chapter cause I didn’t even remember what happened 😅 but I will discuss under the read more ❤️ note these are just my opinions.

First of all. The love angle that was supposed to be Cassian Nesta Eris was so underdeveloped. One of my complaints was we didn’t get a real love angle but more of a one sided weird situation. When I tried to go off canon and make an AU I couldn’t. After dancing with Eris in Hewn City she’s grinning and smiling with Cassian.

I have a lot of complaints about how I felt the book was pretty much like Sarah wrote scenes individually and then stuck them together. I say that because so much happened in Ch. 62 I got whiplash reading it.

Cassian was end game so I agree it wasn’t set up for anything else to be between her and Eris unless it gets reconned or situations happen that require putting them in the same room.

But I don’t think it was distasteful how they acted because there wasn’t substance for them (neris) to begin with. It was a throw away plot point that didn’t get fleshed out. Cassian cutting down Eris in that chapter wasn’t shocking to me. Mostly cause Eris constantly lets his prejudices show. Don’t dish it if you can’t take it.

As for the part about him asking if she considered his offer, this is where headcanon comes in and some canon mixed. Eris doesn’t come off as someone who plans to marry for love. He’s going to marry for his court and for power. Nesta has power. My headcanon was he seen that the night court was deliberately flaunting her so he played along. His role was to ask for her hand. He knew that. Maybe he did hope arrogantly that Rhys was dumb enough to let her go.

In that scene when he said his offer was genuine. He reads to me as envisioning Nesta being a power house and he (rightfully in terms of what he sees) thinks that the night court will not use her or worse will use her for their gain. It’s a “think of what we could do together with our power” situation. I also think he’s butt hurt she rejected him. He is vain.

Idk about him and Nesta being parallels. But I’m also tired (it’s night here rn and I had a long day)

So. To summarize I don’t think they played him too much but more it was Sarah making a point and she wasted everyone’s time.

Mildly related: do I ship them yes. Mostly cause I self insert as Nesta and I’m not a jock himbo girly 😂

#acotar #acosf #sjm critical #book discussion #my opinion #answered asks

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blackberrysummerblog · 1 year

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I would love to hear more about married by the crucible, anything you feel like sharing, including process. I also must ask about egf dead darlings!

It’s so nice of you to ask! Egf dead darlings is the ‘working from home’ snippet I posted for six sentence sunday a while back here: https://www.tumblr.com/blackberrysummerblog/710338583387586560/six-sentence-sunday. There’s a bit more where Simon is waking up and deciding to call in sick before it all goes to hell when Baz gets home unexpectedly 😂

Aaaah what can I say about married by the crucible. I’ve taken a very gentle approach to writing the fic considering how attached I am to it. I think about it all the time and try to make notes on my phone when I have an idea, because otherwise things slip away. I’ve been self-forgiving in that I’m not really forcing myself to write in my usual point A to B way; I’ve written part of the ending, part of the beginning, tons of things in the middle. It’s a new way of writing for me and clearly it’s not working quite as well as the old way, when I used to finish things in a timely fashion, but I just don’t feel like being stern with myself about it because it’s kind of fun? I’m trying to trust that I’m doing it this way for a reason, and that I’ll get it together in the end. At a certain point I’ll force myself to.

I’m enjoying the basic story and the relationship development. Simon and Baz privately agonize over their obligations to their households, all the while finding it more and more difficult to even pretend at not being head over heels for each other. The dynamic is very:

“You can’t just say things like that to me, and then the other half of the time you’re all, ‘I have to kill you, Snow.’” He looks taken aback by my impression of him—it was pretty good, I think.

“Excuse you!” Baz leans up on one elbow and pushes at my chest, not hard enough to hurt. “I do have to kill you.”

My favorite parts involve them really backing each other up and being real partners to one another. There’s a bit the first night where Baz instinctively defends Simon against his father, which he later tries to brush off as not tolerating an insult to himself. Then maybe my favorite scene to write, which came smack between two major relationship development scenes, when Simon and Baz team up to try and earnestly convince Baz’s parents that Simon is going to lay eggs that Baz will help hatch into:

“Seven curly haired little winged nightmares, mewling for scones.”

“I wouldn’t mind a few pissy dark-haired kittens, maybe with widows’ peaks.”

They know they’re not convincing anyone, but that just makes it funnier to them (and me).

And omg, I have accidentally inserted a poll again, and I can’t figure out how to delete it. I can’t post without making options, and if I close out I’ll probably lose my entire ask/answer. This is so humiliating 🤦‍♀️

#snowbaz #simon snow #baz pitch #WIP game #WIP #crucible au #Egf dead darlings #ask #ask game #also I accidentally added a poll #AGAIN #I hate myself

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apprenticeofcups · 4 years

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If I'm right, the ask about when/what it takes for Lucio to cry came before his chapter X rescue and reckoning, is there anything you would change from the original meta post considering his crying in that chapter? (if i'm wrong and the post came after that chapter, do you think vulnerability is gonna be a big thing for Lucio in his relationship to the mc?)

Y’know, every time that post gets another handful of notes, I think about going back and editing it (again - I gave it a little tweak after the crying scene came out, but idk which version people are seeing), because it did come out before his Book X - but my characterization of him really hasn’t changed. When we see him cry, it’s after he’s left behind in the magical realms, buried in snow, and shown multiple illusions of people rejecting him by the Devil. He’s overwhelmed, he’s helpless, and from his perspective, he’s been there for ages, and had no idea you were coming back. I didn’t say he never cries - I said it takes a lot, and that was definitely a lot.

If anything, what we learn from Lucio crying in Book X is that he feels comfortable showing vulnerability around MC, which is reinforced multiple times in his route after that. Not only does he cry in front of you (trusting that he’s not opening himself up to be hurt or ridiculed), but he also looks to you in subsequent Books before he has to do something he’s uncomfortable with, like apologize or admit he’s wrong.

I will say, now that we’ve broken the seal on Lucio crying, we might see more of it. (Or if we don’t see more of it in-game, fanfic writers: he does it more easily now.) His other coping mechanisms are on their way out - the violent outbursts aren’t really gonna fly with MC around, and we’re trying to discourage the self-delusional ego-stroking, too. Like it or not, Lucio’s gonna have to start feeling his emotions 😂 so RIP his makeup ☕

#mod cups #the arcana lucio #lucio the arcana #the arcana game lucio #lucio the arcana game #lucio morgasson #count lucio #lucio meta #lucio headcanons #lucio's route #lucio's route spoilers #my meta #meta meta #slightlycursedarcana

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