#the deep Fandomification of characters often comes with reducing them to like.

[fool-in-his-wedding-gown]

you guys love to joke about [x arcana character] not being able to cook but tbh i think they can all cook to at least some degree except for maybe nadia & even then that’s just because she’s never needed to learn. they are all at least in theory good cooks. in my brain.

#i've actually had extensive thoughts about this because #the deep Fandomification of characters often comes with reducing them to like. #memes & incorrect quotes & a lot of times that comes in the form of '[x character] can't cook' #for whatever reason #idk i think it was a lot more fun to. just now. sit down in my notes app & think #about each character's backstory and the skill set that gives them to ask the very silly question 'can this character cook?' #to which my answer to all 6 of them is yes to some degree but it varies because they all have different life experiences & different ways #that they would approach something as simple as making a meal #and through thinking about those skill sets i came to realize things about their characters #that never would've occurred to me had i not asked aforementioned very silly question #& idk thinking about that will always be more compelling to me than memeing a character to hell & back #so that only a shadow of their actual characterization remains #sorry for being autistic about the fucking arcana it will happen again #pleiades posts