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bravesung · 1 month

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all you remembered before fading to black was three words: shhh, don’t move.

the damp, mildewy smell assaulted your nostrils, snapping your eyes open and prompting you to look around. your head felt heavy as if numerous weights were on you. attempting to move, your limbs are delayed, almost approaching unresponsiveness. you could feel your heartbeat pounding in your chest and worry shaking your nerves. ( whose house is this?! where am I? ). a glance at the clock –– 5:04am. how did you get here? the last thing you remember was saying your goodbye to sachiko. you didn’t know it, but had you had your cellphone you would see various texts, missed calls, and voicemails. ken’s a mess, screaming and yelling at your security detail regarding how they didn’t ensure your safety. you just wanted to go home: you just wanted to see your cat and be in the arms of your boyfriend.

you try moving again. no avail. there were no restraints, just a worn mattress beneath you. minutes pass before you hear another voice. ❛ did you sleep well, kazama? ❜ standing at the middle tier of the staircase was the boy you once liked in high school, now looking more like a crazed maniac with his unkempt crimson hair and gray eyes that could stab you. shakenly, you respond, ❛ . . . hitsumura-san? ❜ there was a highly unsettling smile he returned to you, practically vomit-inducing. ❛ it’s okay, you can call me koji. we are going to be spending lots of time together and — ❜ the chime of your ringtone cuts him off: someone just sent you a text message. reaching into his pocket, he examines the bedazzled phone, snickering at what he just read. ❛ . . . ah, it’s kanzaki. I didn’t know the pitbull could type a full sentence. also, this guy — ❜ he turns the phone towards you, ❛ this . . . uhhh . . . dude . . . on your wallpaper. apparently, he’s going crazy looking for you. not sure why you want to deal with a guy who’s crazy, buuuuuuut . . . ❜ now, he’s taunting you. it’s working. ❛ tell me what in the world possessed you to do . . . whatever it is you did . . . ! why can’t I move?! ❜

❛ yada yada –– search party –– yada yada –– call me once you see this –– blah blah . . . ❜ still looking through your messages, he disregards your question. ❛ for someone who is supposed to be a big named model, your bodyguards suck. ❜ you attempt to reach for something to throw at him, but are still weighted to the makeshift bed. staring over at you, he gives another stomach-churning grin. ❛ let’s just say I know a guy. paralysis is his specialty. paid a pretty penny so the shit had better work. ❜

siennas widen. ❛ paralysis?! ❜

koji nods, ❛ yeah. made it easier since you were knocked out. I tell you, you’re light as a feather. ❜

all he was succeeding in was angering you further, through gritted teeth, you ask for confirmation. ❛ you had someone kidnap me . . . then you drug me?! what in the hell is wrong with you?! ❜ you were not one to curse, yet resentment took over. ❛ you thought by paralyzing me you could –– ❜

leaning closer, he interrupts you, ❛ I knew by paralyzing you you wouldn’t have the strength or stability to do your magic-singing-healing shit or fight me. ❜ he then places his finger on the tip of your nose, ❛ because I also know you would have tried to run out of here and call the pitbull or that damned american –– and koji’s not stupid, no he isn’t. ~ ❜ the last part was spoken as if he was speaking to a toddler. ❛ I know all about you, kazama hanamaru. I tracked everything by phone. I knew where you were going, I knew when you were and weren’t going to be around that guy, I knew when you and the pitbull wouldn’t be stuck together like glue. I knew when your next photoshoot would be, I knew when you’d be flying to the states –– I knew everything. I need to, you’re going to be my roommate, I need to keep tabs on you. ❜

( he’s insane. he’s absolutely, unequivocally INSANE. )

❛ hitsumura-san , what happened to you after graduation?! ❜ somewhere along the line, he’s lost sight of reality, but what could have caused it? ❛ didn’t you have dreams of going abroad and being a writer?! ❜ in response, he snarls, ❛ you think you know me?! you think I haven’t written anything or gone abroad?! ❜ he lets out a chuckle, ❛ you wound me, hanamaru, you didn’t even say hi to me when you were at the gala in new york last month. ❜

what was he . . . ? that’s when it hit you! the invite-only gala that was being held in manhattan. you had brought rock there as your date. with all of the paparazzi, crowds, and flashing lights, you had not the smallest inkling that koji was looming in the crowd –– not until you’re staring at the photo he was presenting to you. his phone screen appeared to be you and rock walking down the staircase, hand in hand. ❛ you look so pretty in blue. ❜

( I have got to get out of here! )

❛ emi still had some great usage. told her some white lies and she got me into the gala. look how much effort I went through for you, hanamaru kazama. can’t you say thank you? ❜ you were so petrified by everything he has displayed to you, mouth parts but nothing comes out, frustrating koji. ❛ say thank you! ❜ with his demand, he holds your face between his thumb and middle fingers, ❛ say "thank you, koji"! ❜

you went from being alert and aware to tired and nauseous, eyelids struggling to stay open. koji notices, a concerning hum leaving his lips. ❛ maybe I gave too much. fine, you can thank me when you wake up. go to sleep. ❜ he speaks as if you could control your drowsiness, shrugging when you're back to unconsciousness. ❛ at least I can get her dressed up, I think I got ideas. . . ❜

#❝ ᪥ ––––––––– drabbles. ) )#kidnapping tw /#( put under a read more due to the post being long and the themes it contains. :/ )#drugging mention /#dark themes /#( YEAH UHHHH HANA THIS GUY IS A FUCKING MENACE. )#( ANYWAY HERE IS THE DRABBLE NOBODY ASKED FOR )

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moltengoldveins · 9 months

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Look perhaps crying actual tears over Durin’s song is a bit much but I have a Reason ok, let me Explain-

“No harp is wrung, no hammer falls: The darkness dwells in Durin's halls. The shadow lies upon his tomb In Moria, in Khazad-dûm. But still the sunken stars appear In dark and windless Mirrormere.”

It’s about the Hope, right? The resurrection of a long-dead and rotting world, the way the line of Isildur and the line of Durin have held the last embers of a once-great flame so that when the time is right they might once again light the beacon. It’s about the elves having no redemptive story, no myths for the future, no joy in knowing they are not the last and greatest thing their race will ever make. It’s about how they have nothing to look onward for, and so cannot help but pass into the West and away. It’s about how absurd the thought of sailing on is for the men, the dwarves, heck, even the ents, who have woken from their long sleep and found themselves strong again, because they hold so much faith in the coming glory of a world rebuilt. It’s about how the new king of men does not have a mind of metal, and the new champion of the dwarves does not have a mind of gold. It’s about how they have both found friendship and love in the elves, but instead of loosing themselves to the grief of what is lost, they’ve pulled the elves into the hope of what is to come. It’s about how the Entwives cannot be found, but the things Treebeard says and sings of them are so eerily familiar, to those of us with even a passing knowledge of Merry and Pippin and the Hobbits and the Shire. Whether they Are the Entwives, found at last, or just the kind of creatures the ents can pass their knowledge onto, it doesn’t matter. The hope stays the same. The Middle Earth during the LotR trilogy is so horribly dark. And more than that: it’s quiet. Cold. “The world is grey, the mountains old, The forge's fire is ashen-cold.” The only cities left are those built from enough stone to stave of the rot. It’s inconceivable, any race of that time carving the giant statues we see of Aragorn’s forefathers. It hurts to think how much has been lost, enough to understand, for a moment, the call Westward. But we are not dead yet. We are faded, but not fading. The old things are still there, waiting to be seen by new eyes, breathed upon again by new lungs. “There lies his crown in water deep, Till Durin wakes again from sleep.”

The Lord of the Rings is a story set in the cold, bleary morning of a bright new era. The world, like the ents who represent it, is waking up and finding itself strong. Durin’s line is still alive and sees the fall of Sauron’s eye. The king of men has beaten death. There is one dwarf in Moria who yet draws breath.

#I’m STILL CRYING #I can’t HELP IT #Its the theme of resurrection #Of new life out of the ashes of horror #Of old things and new things and how they influence and shape one another #Of change and growth #Of the power contained in hope and prophecy #power greater by far than anything the elves could imagine #lord of the rings #lotr #this is not the fandom I usually post in but by golly #Do I have Thoughts about ol’ Jirt’s books #gimli #aragorn #legolas #Gotta tag the boys #It’s like setting bait out for flies #But instead I’m catching simps #And making them read unnecessary meta textual analysis

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raayllum · 1 year

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Plot, Theme, and Pacing :: 4x02 Fallen Stars

As part two of my Establishing Theme series, I’m continuing with my thesis of “S4 writes to establish, set up, and build upon Theme first and foremost” now onto Chapter Two: Fallen Stars.

Themes from the previous episode to keep in mind are stagnated grief, separation and reunion, partnership (or lack thereof), and life-death symbolism. If you are interested in the full 4x01 analysis, it is linked down below. Particular bonds, such as Callum’s lack of partnership in response to Claudia-Terry / Janai-Amaya, the Viren-Callum’s foil relationship, as well as building upon the Terry-Viren-Callum trifecta

Ch1: Re-Birthday

With that out of the way, let’s dive in.

Impatience

Episode largely introduces the theme of patience with one character placed within each subplot group. For Karim and Callum, they are defined by their impatience at seeming stagnation over their situation and that their resources are limited (both are, coincidentally, brother-mage-advisor to the current monarch of their peoples).

For Karim, this is an introductory character trait that he was initially going to keep to himself until Jana pushed him to admit his concerns. For Callum, this is a reaffirmation, and it’s no wonder the mirror specifically is what’s driving him crazy. He’s always wanted to know things (“So does it mean something, your binding?”) and consistently pushes at things until he gets an answer ( “Should we trust you? Have you told us the truth about everything? / “But I don’t see why I can’t make my own connection”). So to be completely stagnated is frustrating and not how previous pursuits, particularly secrets and magic, have panned out.

It’s also not like him for his temper to come out so strongly over something so comparatively low stakes, so it’s the strongest hint that magic and the mirror has largely been a distraction and a balm from the pain of Rayla’s absence and his worry about her.

Additionally, it’s interesting that Callum is seeking out the mirror rather than the cube. He should have more incentive to be inquiring into the cube in a lot of ways, but instead, Callum is both more dedicated and more hesitant in dealing with what he’s inherited from Viren, not from Harrow. But more on that later.

In contrast to Callum and Karim’s impatience, we have Terry, who is exceedingly patient even in the face of doubt.

Despite being the only one on a cognizant time limit (30 days to help Claudia permanently bring her father back to life), Terry is chipper about the climb, optimistic amid Viren’s dry attitude, and content to help plants grow just a bit faster, as it seems worthwhile to him. As the previously linked meta, this builds on the Terry-Callum parallels that the season consistently comes back to; the previous episode put emphasis on their relationship to names and titles.

And we know that patience VS impatience is one of the core themes of the season and in some ways, the series. Change, Sarai stated and Janai will later reaffirm, is something that takes time. Whether you get the time to change (or heal, or both) is what’s up in the air.

Speaking of change and patterns, let’s turn our attention to

Reflections

Viren and Callum both retread Viren’s steps in this episode directly, albeit at different points of Viren’s life. Viren is now climbing the Spire for a third time, with the prior two being at decisions that directly led to him falling in a few ways. The first time he climbed the Spire was with the intent of killing Zym, only for him to lie to Harrow and spirit away both the egg and the mirror in the first place (and taking Lain and Tiadrin captive in the coins). Stealing / ‘killing’ the egg is what led to his and Harrow’s friendship breaking down and the inciting incident for much of the first arc; this is where Viren, emotionally, started to ‘fall’.

The second time Viren climbs the Spire, he ices Rayla in the antechamber and is then tackled off the Pinnacle, seconds away from achieving his goal and at the cost of his life. We see he’s already regretting the toll his mistakes have taken on Claudia in this episode (we’ll get to his big speech in a minute) and the trauma that death has wrought on him. That was his second and more literal fall.

Then you have Callum getting closer to cracking the mirror. The Tome of Translation being literal “recognition of self through the other” in being a translated reflection of whatever you write on one side feels particularly apt given the way Aaravos has an identical mirror on his side of the prison. Getting closer and closer to that Fallen Star.

So Callum and Viren are both retracing Viren’s steps, inevitably heading towards the same end and same pattern, the same cycle over and over again - until they don’t.

Let Go (Claudia, Viren, and Rayla)

I want to write a whole separate meta about this theme and honestly, question, of “Can you let go?” and how it pertains to the series as a whole, particularly in S4, but I want to start laying my thematic / meta basis here first, and now is as good a time as any.

While this question encompasses more characters later on in the season (Aaravos, Karim, Callum) it starts primarily with Claudia, Viren, and Rayla, one of my favourite trifectas and foil relationships in the show precisely because of the interlocked tragedies they experience due to each other, their similarities in motifs / personalities, and most of all, their inability to let go. That is, mostly.

Claudia, as we all know, flat out refuses. She cries, then steamrolls over her father’s wishes, asserting her own as more important, and that Viren can’t let go, not as long as she is there by his side. This reaffirms what he said to her in 3x09 as well, only on her end of things now.

Just as Viren said he had to stand by Harrow through death (or presumptive death) too to Claudia in 1x03, she has now actually stood by him through two long years of death to revive him. Of course she can’t let go - she’s already in far too deep.

For additional thoughts on Claudia this episode, please refer to this meta regarding her “It’s a sign” line because what a doozy / why I think she makes Viren take the trek up the mountain the first place as a nice bit of consistent characterization.

This differing stance of Letting Go vs. Not Letting Go of course asserts Claudia (narrative of strength) and Callum (narrative of love) in oppositional roles to each other (even as S4 begins to complicate / muddle that dichotomy further), but to talk about that (and again, I think that’s for the meta deep dive of this theme that deserves its own big sectioned meta) we have to start talking about Rayla.

I don’t think anyone would say Rayla was actively trying to move on in Through The Moon. Yes, she was doing her best to regulate her emotions. Yes, she wanted a life with Callum, and no, she didn’t want to feel stuck in grief and uneasiness. She didn’t event want to leave. But she was still unwilling to let go of the hope of seeing her parents again, her utter frustration that she couldn’t, or to even consider that Viren may be dead before she had any sort of real proof. Then, when she has what she considers proof, she chases right after it... until she, seemingly out of the blue (even in the few lines of dialogue we get about her choice to come back) returns to Katolis and to Callum.

As reflected on in my Rayla’s Characterization in S4 breakdown, one of the biggest differences between her in S4 and prior seasons is that in S4, she doesn’t have a same sort of relentless purpose driving her. This is a parallel she shares with Viren as well in S4, both of them taken to a sort of passivity we’ve seen in other characters (namely Claudia and Ezran), but never them, before.

Season four is Rayla seeing and asking the question of “Can I let go?” just like Viren.

Can I let go of what I’ve been chasing the past two years, or my entire life? Can I come back to a sense of home and spend it with the person I love the most? Can I accept that I am who I am, and that I failed in my past goals, and can I be someone slightly new, or different, or better, or happier? Can I at least try?

V: I’ve spent my whole life striving to be someone different. Maybe it’s time to accept that I am who I am for the days I have remaining. And when I reach the end, I will be at peace. And it... It will just be my time to let go.

Viren wanted power and knowledge; he had a martyr complex because he believed he was special. Rayla wanted to be an assassin but could never commit, having a martyr complex because she believed she wasn’t special. We know Viren is having this epiphany because of both Rayla and Claudia’s actions, although we’re less clear on what caused Rayla’s, beyond her going after Viren in the first place two years prior to the start of S4. But in addition to the clear parallels to 1x02 when Callum and Rayla meet for the first time, I don’t think it’s coincidence that Rayla returns in the same episode Viren has this epiphany, especially given the way these specific arcs mirror each other in the season finale (but more on that when we reach 4x09).

However, Rayla’s return also brings in one of the bigger themes of the season, which is

Reunification and Second Chances (Ezran, Viren, Janai, and Rayla)

So let’s talk about Ezran. This is a facet of S4′s thematic makeup we’ll talk a lot more about once the Dragon Queen / Zym are actually in Katolis next episode and Callum and Rayla actually get to have their reunion in full, but the layers absolutely start here and are built upon from 4x01 previously with the Dragon Queen.

Ezran hopes to help reunify Xadia and the Pentarchy through the Dragon Queen’s visit, as we know from Ezran’s dialogue he has likely visited the Spire and sees Zym fairly often, stating, “It’s been four months since I’ve seen him,” as though that’s longer than usual. Alternatively, we have Janai and Karim with their opposing views on both her marriage to Amaya and humans’ place in the new Sunfire elf settlement.

Just like in 4x01, we see Karim be more cautious (and more prejudiced) than Opeli, and we get out first hint at the “Two cakes” duality theme the season is going to run with.

Corvus: Is it really about changing the world, or is it just an excuse to get Zym to come visit?

Then, of course, you have the continuing thread of last episode beginning with Viren’s reunion with Claudia (after two long years for her and no time at all for him) and this episode ending with Callum’s initial reunion with Rayla, the shots even brokered similarly (Viren and Claudia’s taking place and being cut off the by end of S3 / S4 intro vs Callum and Rayla’s taking place and being cut off by the end of 4x02, opening back up in 4x03). Again, we’ll talk a lot more about it in the next analysis, but it’s fun to see that it’s a continuing theme, as well as Janaya vs Karim and Clauderry vs Viren highlighting the theme of skepticism amid close partnership.

In Darkness (Light and Darkness motif)

I want to do a proper meta about Callum and the mirror and its motifs / parallels with his season four arc, but for now, I’m going to appreciate the way we see it highlight his frustration, anger, obsession, love of magic, and begins to bring the light and darkness motif that had been more quietly in the background of the series until this point.

As we see even in the examples above, it’s not as simple as the Light always being a good thing and Dark always being a bad thing. After all, even something called Dark Magic can do good things and renders the user’s hair more white, not black, through continued usage.

However, as stated, the show has taken this undercurrent and brought it to the forefront, beginning most notably this season. We see Callum gazing into the mirror of Aaravos, stating “In darkness, gaze upon a fallen star,” and we have Karim’s statement that the Sunfire elves are losing themselves; “the rising sun has now become a fallen star.” This associates the cosmic concepts of sun and star as linked, with Callum likewise turning away from the mirror to face a moon - or rather, his moon.

Cue set up for Aaravos being his darkness, Rayla being his light to lead him out of the brainwashing (even if he can’t perhaps fully disavow Aaravos’ plans and manipulations, since the Startouch elf has to get out). The fact that Rayla has the cube on her shoulder glowing the Star arcanum (thanks to Stella) when the cube didn’t need to be in this shot at all and Stella could’ve been revealed to be connected to the Star arcanum in another manner, and Callum has the cube in his hand during his 4x04 Aaravos pawn intro... But again, more on that later, particularly when we get to 4x07.

All I’ll say for now was that this shot in the trailer made me scream because I didn’t think they were going to take Rayla and Callum’s background “light to darkness” motif and bring it like, textually to the forefront, and I don’t think I’ll ever be over it.

The Cycle (1x01-4x01, 1x02-4x02)

One of my favourite things about S4 is how much it harkens back to the previous seasons in terms of callbacks, framing, and theme, but the most overt is by far how much S4 borrows structurally from S1. It is for this reason that just as 1x01 kicked things off with a king and high mage on the king’s balcony discussing Moonshadow elf assassins, 4x01 ends with another king and high mage discussing a Moonshadow elf on the king’s balcony (and given Viren and Harrow’s note of speculation, ironically enough you could make the case they are also outright discussing Rayla as well, at least a little).

The biggest parallel between 1x02 and 4x02 probably is the Rayla-Callum first meeting / reunion parallel, which is all I could’ve asked for and more.

But beyond that, we see Karim and Janai splintering in a similar manner to Viren and Harrow. Viren and Karim are pushing their respective monarch sibling to make a particular choice or realize a particular danger, with their brother / sister (respectively) shutting them down on the basis of disagreement and wanting to move forward rather than perpetuate the cycle. The rest of the season continues this inversion pretty, although not exactly well, of characters diverging from S1 origin points or certain ones being reconstructed, so this will be an additional thematic aspect we keep a pin in from episode to episode.

Closing Notes:

I don’t have too much else to say about this episode except 1) being tickled pink I correctly guessed that Lux Aurea may be the other fallen star referenced back when the episode titles were released a week or so early and 2) I wanted to include this screencap because it’s the scene I resonate the most in with Karim possible:

It’s about the Symbolism.

#tdp #tdp meta #the dragon prince #s4 #arc 2 #analysis series #analysis #establish theme series #morally ambiguous fam #it was just red #callum #sparklepuff squad #light and darkness motif #the cycle #prince karim #viren #why it ends why it always ends #also obvs could've talked about my experiences with this ep through my own queer lens but in lieu of #keeping it more contained i'll regulate that to thoughts / possibly its own post some day

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metamelonisle · 10 months

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a girl without a dick is like a clown without wings

#disclaimer in case this breaks containment: this is a post about one of my characters who is a transfem clown-themed angel

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chiropteracupola · 4 months

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for interested parties, Here is the song about which I was rambling in the previous post.

#em is posting about sharpe #ballads and things #this is both a fascinating variation to me and a fascinating album as a whole...#there is music that is Not in the show in here. the version of the theme is full orchestra but contains Screams and Ouches still.#back on point which is about this particular version of johnny has gone for a soldier.#One I love any version of a folk song that doesn't change the pronouns to maintain the heterosexuality. thank you mr tams.#Two I'm Interested in the position of the song in the Show as a thing that Hagman sings of course.#new and ponderable context given that hagman is himself a soldier! and also that about half of the gendered lines are left out!#and as fond of I am of crossdressing ballads I do enjoy a gentle Hmm at leaving out the 'dye my petticoats' verse #and leaving in 'I'll even sell my spinning wheel / to buy my love a coat of steel'... I Am Thinking Thoughts. You Know I Am Thinking.#and Three I am thinking about how the chorus is going to be so tricky for me because I'll want to slant 'his nets and creel are laid away'#to rhyme with 'siúil siúil siúil a grá' and not 'til he comes back I'll rue the day' because I'm so used to having to slant things to rhyme #for when I'm singing my preferred version of sheath and knife even though that's not how I'd Say them in my natural accent #Youtube

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muppetbyers · 1 year

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will being “good at hiding”, the ud being a mirror of hawkins so he was Right There but also not. how he likely only survived so long because he was good at running and hiding from the demogorgon, and of course everyone was looking for him but if he didn’t try to reach out and communicate with joyce then he maybe wouldn’t have made it out at all. how at first he tried to defend himself but it was futile, maybe he couldn't have even done it anyways. the clone of his body that joyce immediately knew wasn't will.

will coming back wrong and feeling like a freak and being targeted at school, the scene of him walking down the hallway while everyone looks at him. he only opens up to mike at first and singles him out as not making him feel like "even more of a freak". he hides things from joyce until he cant because it all goes so wrong. how he tries to run and hide from it but its when he tries to fight back and stand his ground that it gets him. literally being possessed, his entire self being taken over, "what happens when he cant remember anything? when there's nothing else there? what happens when my boy is gone", and how joyce, jonathan and mike can bring him back just enough for him to help save them, even if saving them could kill him. and how none of them let that happen and they force the mf out to get will back.

in s3 when he's there but basically invisible, like a twisted parallel of s1. he's right there but having to still try to be noticed, and this time it ends with him destroying castle byers. the same castle byers that he hid in in the ud before the demogorgon found him, and which the memory of building with jonathan helped bring him back. castle byers with its 'all friends welcome' sign but joyce needed a password to be let in. how he has a 'no trespassing' sign on his bedroom door.

and just everything about dnd and "you shouldn't like things just because people tell you to" and how he doesn't conform to mike and lucas's 'normal teenage boy' shtick and how he tries to be his normal, but its just different to what they're doing. he destroys castle byers in part because he feels too seen, "what did you think that we were gonna sit around in the basement all day and play games for the rest of our lives" and yet he says yes, to mikes face. he gives away his dnd set but promises its not possible to join another party, and he doesn't.

he dances with a girl at the snowball bc he doesn't know what to do and mike is there pushing him to. in lenora he does a presentation on alan turing in front of, presumably, his whole class.

in s4 how his outfits just make him merge into the settings, almost camouflaged. how he doesn't reach out to mike despite wanting to stay in contact with him because he cant risk being too seen, because he doesn't want to lose their friendship. "sometimes its hard to say how you really feel", and then giving mike the painting under the guise of it being from el, masking feelings that are only his with el's name, trying so hard to express his own feelings but at the same time divorcing himself from them. jonathan immediately clocking it and for probably the first time ever, someone is truly seeing him and telling him directly that they love him no matter what. because they know, they know and its okay. how "hakwins isn't the same without him" and "god we need will" and his friends have his drawings on their walls and and and.

just. how hiding is the most integral part of wills arc and how everything is linked back to him hiding. and how sometimes its necessary to survive but that doesn't make it hurt less. and how he has so much courage and he's so true to himself but tries so hard to be both seen and not seen, because fuck man its complicated being who he is. and just. how other people's love for him keeps bringing him back, can bring him out of hiding. yeah. idk.

#me when themes and repeated motifs and and #just. WILL AND HIDING!!!! MY GOD!!!#also they are more contained arcs in s1 and 2 bc of How the show was back then and in s3 it wasn't resolved the same way bc s4 and 5 were #already greenlit probably but Also how that just ties in w his coming of age and how things are just more complex for him than they were #when he was a little smaller. even in the face of the supernatural. idk. i love it #dont actually know what this is i just think his arc is my favourite thing ever and i WILL just talk about it bimonthly for no reason at al #i loveeeee will byers can u tell #long ass post my god im sorry #if there are mistakes in this post no there aren't and if im wrong no im not. if u read this no u didnt #this was done by memory in a very frenzied moment please ignore it i just need to talk about will rn. causal wednesday for me atp.#mine

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