Charles Has Been Added To The Exceptions

cordelia is really getting on my nerves in chain of thorns oh my god

every single belial mention makes me think of that tiktok trend where people show insane pictures of their pets

"you took all that away and it didn't belong to you" jocelyn fairchild it is ON SIGNT

thinking of tessa gray hours

matthew fairchild is so loved and he can't even see it and it's so fucking devastating

on one hand: paladin cordelia is so sexy

on the other: maybe swearing a vow to some guy is not very smart

it's astonishing to watch wyll get sidelined when he and shadowheart (and arguably lae'zel) are both integral to the story. his dad is a main plot point for fuck's sake.

i love larian but this is deeply disappointing.

might have to add charles to the exceptions cause wtf was that my dude

if matthew fairchild has no defenders i am DEAD

i used to separate them distinctly in my mind but this reread is making me kind of unable to do that..

i gotta clarify first that i think sebastian needs to be punished for what he did. i don't think any of what i'm about to say absolves him of anything he's done.

that being said, i think sebastian was so tragically doomed by the narrative that he never had a choice but to make the choices he did. he never had a chance to be anything else because of valentine and jocelyn (although jocelyn to a far lesser extent than valentine). every step of his existence from conception to death is stripped of agency. every choice he makes is done in the shadows of valentine stripping away his humanity and mercilessly abusing him until he's a perfect weapon. and then the bastard has the nerve to be ashamed of what he created.

i just wish sebastian had gotten a fucking chance to be anything other than jocelyn's shame and valentine's weapon.

sebastian morgenstern is actually the best villain ever because he makes me a devastating combination of sad and angry

i literally cannot wait

every single belial mention makes me think of that tiktok trend where people show insane pictures of their pets